toroid

Plural: toroids

Noun

• A doughnut-shaped geometric surface or object.
• the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus
• a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
• 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.

Examples

• The arrangement of letters on the board formed a TOROID-like pattern, making long words hard to find.

Synonyms

torus

Related Words

toroidal, TOROIDAL