TOROID

Toroid

In mathematics, a toroid is a doughnut-shaped object, such as an O-ring. It is a ring form of a solenoid. Its annular shape is generated by revolving a plane geometrical figure about an axis external to that figure which is parallel to the plane of the figure and does not intersect the figure. When a rectangle is rotated around an axis parallel to one of its edges, then a hollow cylinder is produced.

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toroid

Noun

  1. A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
  2. A ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus.


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