TOROID


Meaning of TOROID in English

/tawr"oyd, tohr"-/ , n. Geom.

1. a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.

2. the solid enclosed by such a surface.

[ 1895-1900; TOR(US) + -OID ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .