toroid

English

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 [sic] 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

toroidal

Translations

surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane

Bulgarian: тороид (toroid)
Finnish: toroidi
German: Toroid m
Polish: toroid (pl) m
Russian: тороид (ru) m (toroid)
Spanish: toroide (es)
Ukrainian: тороїд m (torojid)

ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus

Bulgarian: тороид m (toroid)
Finnish: toroidi
Tagalog: malabagway

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Italian: toroide (it) m

Anagrams

Dorito, rotoid

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French toroïde or German Toroid.

Noun

toroid n (plural toroide)

toroid

Declension

Declension of toroid

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) toroid	toroidul	(niște) toroide	toroidele
genitive/dative	(unui) toroid	toroidului	(unor) toroide	toroidelor
vocative	toroidule		toroidelor

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