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TOROID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toroid mean? 

TOROID (noun)
  The noun TOROID has 2 senses:

1. the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torusplay

2. a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circleplay

  Familiarity information: TOROID used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOROID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("toroid" is a kind of...):

solid (a three-dimensional shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toroid"):

anchor ring; annulus; doughnut; halo; ring (a toroidal shape)

Derivation:

toroidal (of or relating to or shaped like a toroid; doughnut shaped)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

toroid; torus

Hypernyms ("toroid" is a kind of...):

round shape (a shape that is curved and without sharp angles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toroid"):

core; magnetic core ((computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories)

Derivation:

toroidal (of or relating to or shaped like a toroid; doughnut shaped)


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