toroid

toroid
/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]

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