Meaning & use
toroid
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a ring- or donut-shaped object or surface, especially a coil of wire wound around such a core.
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The engineer wound copper wire around the toroid to build the transformer's core.
A donut is a familiar, everyday example of a toroid shape.
A note on using this word
Common in mathematics and electronics; a 'toroidal' shape is the general geometric term, while 'toroid' often specifically refers to a wound coil in electronics.
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