toroid — English Dictionary

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.

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   Toroid and lumen diameter were easily controlled by micromold design, and toroid thickness was controlled by seeding density. When harvested, toroids' were stable, but underwent predictable changes over time with their lumens narrowing.

   However, because of the lack of guiding principles for the construction of toroids, researchers have not widely studied the self-assembly of toroidal nanostructures as compared with the work on other supramolecular architectures.

2. 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 solid object whose surface is a torus.

Noun

1. the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus

   Broader terms

   solid

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

   Synonyms

   torus

   Broader terms

   round shape