toroid

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A toroid, for those who don't know, is the surface of a doughnut, or for some of us a bagel.

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  1. noun Mathematics A surface generated by a closed curve rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
  2. noun Mathematics A solid having such a surface.
  3. noun A body having the shape of a toroid.

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  • A toroid, for those who don't know, is the surface of a doughnut, or for some of us a bagel. —  Moshe Safdie on building uniqueness
  • Moreover the influence of structural defect states in glass on the toroid mechanical properties is observed and the resulting implications of cavity optomechanical systems on the study of mechanical dissipation discussed. computation cqed decoherence dephasing entanglement information mechanics optomechanics quantum quantum-computation quantum-dot quantum-information squeezed-light CiteULike organises scholarly —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Cool Blue toroid cores are typically placed over the hot legs (L1-L2-L3) of a motor drive cable assembly. —  Electronicstalk - electronics industry news
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  • The reason Toroids are used in transformers is to maximise the efficiency of the Electromagnetic field by containing it within the toroid.
 

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