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Dictionary: to·roid   (tôr'oid', tōr'-) pronunciation
n.
  1. Mathematics.
    1. A surface generated by a closed curve rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
    2. A solid having such a surface.
  2. A body having the shape of a toroid.

[TOR(US) + -OID.]

toroidal to·roi'dal (tô-roid'l) adj.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus

Meaning #2: a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
  Synonym: torus


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Common misspelling(s) of toroidal

  • toriodal

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