toroidal

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/təˈɹɔɪdəl/

adjective

Having the shape of a torus or toroid.

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Meanings

adjectivetoroidal (comparative more toroidal, superlative most toroidal)

comparative more toroidal · superlative most toroidal

  1. Having the shape of a torus or toroid.

    However, because of the lack of guiding principles for the construction of toroids, researchers have not widely studied the self-assembly of toroidal nanostructures as compared with the work on other supramolecular architectures.

    2013 September, Yongju Kim, Wen Li, Suyong Shin, Myongsoo Lee, “Development of Toroidal Nanostructures by Self-Assembly: Rational Designs and Applications”, in Accounts of Chemical Research, volume 46, number 12

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
toral

Origin

* toroid + -al

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Translations

Catalan toroidal, toroïdal
  • toroidalhaving the shape of a torus or toroid
  • toroïdalhaving the shape of a torus or toroid
French toroïdal
  • toroïdalhaving the shape of a torus or toroid
Polish toroidalny
  • toroidalnyhaving the shape of a torus or toroid
Russian тороида́льный, торообра́зный
  • тороида́льный (toroidálʹnyj)having the shape of a torus or toroid
  • торообра́зный (toroobráznyj)having the shape of a torus or toroid
Spanish toroidal
  • toroidalhaving the shape of a torus or toroid
Ukrainian тороїда́льний, тороподі́бний
  • тороїда́льний (torojidálʹnyj)having the shape of a torus or toroid
  • тороподі́бний (toropodíbnyj)having the shape of a torus or toroid

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with toroidal

colloidalsinusoidalsteroidalnonsteroidaltrapezoidalellipsoidalchoroidalspheroidalsigmoidalhemorrhoidalcuboidalsolenoidalasteroidaladenoidalaliethmoidalalkaloidalamygdaloidalbotryoidalchancroidalcoccoidalconchoidalconoidalcrinoidalcrystalloidal
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Anagrams

rotoidal
Cite this entry
APA

toroidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toroidal

MLA

“toroidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toroidal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toroidal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toroidal.

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