toroidal
adjective
to·roi·dal
tȯ-ˈrȯi-dᵊl 
: of, relating to, or shaped like a torus or toroid : doughnut-shaped
a toroidal resistance coil
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The issue seems to be that the antenna does not, as stated, give full spherical coverage, but more of a toroidal or donut shape.
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David Hambling, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Each of Sparc’s 18 toroidal field magnets will be built on top of a similar work fixture.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2023
Two types of aerospike engines—toroidal and linear—differ in shape (as their names suggest), but fundamentally work in the same way.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2023
What gravity in a toroidal universe does is to cause the modulus to evolve in time.
—Steven Carlip, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2015
Yet the topology is toroidal.
—Steven Carlip, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2015
An artist’s concept of a toroidal space colony that could accommodate 10,000 people.
—David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2016
Flames and gases flowed rapidly out of the ruptured area, spreading flames into the toroidal space between the Command Module pressure vessel and heat shield, through access hatches and into levels A-8 and A-7 of the service structure.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2018
In fact, last week Candida Bowtell and Peter Keevash of the University of Oxford used similar ideas to find an analogous solution for the toroidal n-queens problem.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2021
David Hambling, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Each of Sparc’s 18 toroidal field magnets will be built on top of a similar work fixture.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2023
Two types of aerospike engines—toroidal and linear—differ in shape (as their names suggest), but fundamentally work in the same way.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2023
What gravity in a toroidal universe does is to cause the modulus to evolve in time.
—Steven Carlip, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2015
Yet the topology is toroidal.
—Steven Carlip, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2015
An artist’s concept of a toroidal space colony that could accommodate 10,000 people.
—David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2016
Flames and gases flowed rapidly out of the ruptured area, spreading flames into the toroidal space between the Command Module pressure vessel and heat shield, through access hatches and into levels A-8 and A-7 of the service structure.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2018
In fact, last week Candida Bowtell and Peter Keevash of the University of Oxford used similar ideas to find an analogous solution for the toroidal n-queens problem.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2021
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“Toroidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toroidal. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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