Toroid (geometry) facts for kids

Toroid

Torus

A Toroid is a geometric shape that resembles a torus. A toroid is constructed by rotating a geometrical shape around an axis which is outside the shape. If this is done to a circle, a torus results.

Images for kids

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  Poloidal direction (red arrow) andToroidal direction (blue arrow)

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  Turning a punctured torus inside-out

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  A stereographic projection of a Clifford torus in four dimensions performing a simple rotation through the xz-plane

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  The configuration space of 2 not necessarily distinct points on the circle is the orbifold quotient of the 2-torus, T2/S2, which is the Möbius strip.

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  In three dimensions, one can bend a rectangle into a torus, but doing this typically stretches the surface, as seen by the distortion of the checkered pattern.

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  A toroidal polyhedron with 6 × 4 = 24 quadrilateral faces

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  This construction shows the torus divided into seven regions, every one of which touches every other, meaning each must be assigned a unique color.

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In Spanish: Toroide para niños