toroid
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
toroid (plural toroids)
- (mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
- A ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus.
Quotations
- 1994, The photon belt, a huge torroid shaped object composed of photon light particles, was first discovered by your scientists in 1961 near the vicinity of the Pleiades by satellite instrumentation. — You are Becoming a Galactic Human, by Virginia Essene and Sheldon Nidel, →ISBN, pp. 27–28
Related terms
Translations
surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane
ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French toroïde or German Toroid.
Noun
toroid n (plural toroide)
Declension
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | toroid | toroidul | toroide | toroidele | |
| genitive-dative | toroid | toroidului | toroide | toroidelor | |
| vocative | toroidule | toroidelor | |||