Associations to the word «Toroid»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

TOROID, noun. The doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus.
TOROID, noun. A ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats