doughnut-shaped

Thân thiện

The children shared a doughnut-shaped life preserver at the pool.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Shaped like a ring or torus: Having a circular shape with a hole in the center, similar to a doughnut (donut) or a ring.
   • Annular: Of or forming a ring-like shape.

Usage

The adjective "doughnut-shaped" is used to describe any object, area, or formation that has a circular form with an empty center. It is a descriptive term often used in both everyday and technical contexts.

Examples

• Descriptive:
  • The new building has a unique, doughnut-shaped atrium in the center.
  • Saturn is famous for its doughnut-shaped system of rings.
• Scientific/Technical:
  • The particle accelerator is a doughnut-shaped tunnel.
  • A torus is a doughnut-shaped geometric figure.

Advanced Usage

• "to form a doughnut-shaped pattern": To arrange or appear in a ring-like formation.
  • The birds formed a doughnut-shaped pattern in the sky.
• "doughnut-shaped distribution": In statistics or geography, a pattern where data or population is concentrated in a ring, leaving the center sparse.
  • The city's population density shows a doughnut-shaped distribution, with fewer people living downtown.

Variants and Related Words

• Annular (adj): Ring-shaped. (More formal/scientific synonym)
  • An annular eclipse occurs when the moon covers the center of the sun, leaving a ring of light.
• Toroidal (adj): Having the shape of a torus. (Technical, especially in mathematics and physics)
  • The magnetic field was confined within a toroidal chamber.
• Ring-shaped (adj): Shaped like a ring. (A simpler, more general synonym)

Synonyms

• Ring-shaped
• Annular
• Circular with a hollow center

Antonyms

• Solid
• Disc-shaped (circular without a hole)
• Spherical

Học thuật

Adjective

1. shaped like a ring

Từ đồng nghĩa

• annular
• annulate
• annulated
• circinate
• ringed
• ring-shaped