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Toroid vs Tornid - What's the difference?

toroid | tornid |

As nouns the difference between toroid and tornid

is that toroid is (mathematics) a surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane while tornid is (zoology) any member of the tornidae.

toroid

English

(wikipedia toroid)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
  • A ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus.

    • Quotations

    * 1994', The photon belt, a huge '''torroid ''[sic]'' shaped object composed of photon light particles, was first discovered by your scientists in 1961 near the vicinity of the Pleiades by satellite instrumentation. — ''You are Becoming a Galactic Human , by Virginia Essene and Sheldon Nidel, ISBN 0937147087, pp. 27–28

    Related terms

    * toroidal

    tornid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Tornidae.