toroid

to·roid

noun \ˈtȯr-ˌȯid\

Definition of TOROID

1

: a surface generated by a closed plane curve rotated about a line that lies in the same plane as the curve but does not intersect it

2

: a body whose surface has the form of a toroid

Origin of TOROID

New Latin torus

First Known Use: 1886

Rhymes with TOROID

android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid