toroidal
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Their measurements showed that the superconducting region forms a toroidal, or doughnutlike, shape that surrounds a particular axis within the crystal.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
The issue, the federal auto safety regulators contend, is that the hybrid toroidal inflators are made using friction welding, which builds up weld slag.
From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2023
In SPARC, researcher will use 18 coils like the 20 Tesla prototype to surround a toroidal vacuum chamber.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 8, 2021
The tokamak's toroidal coil confines charged particles into a circular path with a helical twist due to the circulating ions themselves.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
It was their toroidal movement around a circular axis which moved independently in any direction that first suggested to him the principles of his discovery.
From L.P.M. : the end of the Great War by Barney, J. Stewart (John Stewart)
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