Difference between Torus and Toroid

What is the difference between Torus and Toroid?

Torus as a noun is a three-dimensional shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section. the shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut. while Toroid as a noun is a surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane

Torus

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A three-dimensional shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section. The shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut. A molding which projects at the base of a column and above the plinth. A botanical term for the end of the peduncle or flower stalk to which the floral parts (or in the Asteraceae, the florets of a flower head) are attached; see receptacle

Toroid

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own planeA ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus

We hope you now know whether to use Torus or Toroid in your sentence.

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