toroidal

American  

[taw-roid-l, toh-, tawr-oi-dl, tohr-] / tɔˈrɔɪd l, toʊ-, ˈtɔr ɔɪ dl, ˈtoʊr- /

adjective

Geometry.

1. of or relating to a toroid.

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Other Word Forms

• toroidally adverb

Etymology

Origin of toroidal

First recorded in 1885–90; toroid + -al ¹

Example Sentences

These measurements revealed the defining features of the toroidal light pulses and clearly distinguished between the two skyrmion modes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 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

Over time, the "meridional flow," an equator-to-pole circulation in the convective zone, ushers these superficial magnetic fields back toward the poles, converting the toroidal fields back into poloidal ones.

From Science Magazine • May 30, 2019

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

Toroidal:—Another type of retardation coil, called the toroidal type due to the fact that its core is a torus formed by winding a continuous length of fine iron wire, is shown in diagram in Fig.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster