n. A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
n. A ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Same as toroidal.
n. A surface or solid of revolution determined by revolving any closed-plane contour about an axis in its plane which does not intersect it.
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n. a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
n. the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus
Word Usage
"The key component is the car's flywheel accumulator, a washer drum-sized device sitting in the cockpit that stores electrical energy mechanically, in a toroid-shaped mass spinning at up to 38,000 rpm."