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Toroidal describes something which resembles or relates to a torus or toroid:
Mathematics
- Torus
- Toroid, a surface of revolution which resembles a torus
- Toroidal polyhedron
- Toroidal coordinates, a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system
- Toroidal and poloidal coordinates, directions relative to a torus of reference
- Toroidal graph, a graph whose vertices can be placed on a torus such that no edges cross
- Toroidal grid network, where an n-dimensional grid network is connected circularly in more than one dimension
Engineering
- Toroidal inductors and transformers, a type of electrical device
- Toroidal and poloidal, directions in magnetohydrodynamics
- Toroidal engine, an internal combustion engine with pistons that rotate within a toroidal space
- Toroidal CVT, a type of continuously variable transmission
- Toroidal reflector, a parabolic reflector which has a different focal distance depending on the angle of the mirror
- Toroidal propeller, an efficient propeller design
Other uses
- Toroidal ring model in theoretical physics
- Vortex ring, also known as a toroidal vortex; a toroidal flow in fluid mechanics
See also
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