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toroid

DEFINITIONS OF: toroid

1

n the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus

Types:
anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo, ring
a toroidal shape
fairy circle, fairy ring
a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium
Type of:
solid
a three-dimensional shape

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

Synonyms:
torus
Types:
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(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
Type of:
round shape
a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
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