German term
France
FR/DE > EN - Environment | CleanTech
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: French to English, English, German to English
halbrund
https://www.amazon.de/Eaglerise-SET160CK-Halogentrafo-halbru... ?
Would 'semi-toroidal' be correct?
(Ref: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/whats-the-different-between-...
Thanks,
Hayley
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Lancashireman
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| 4 +1 | semi-circular |
Michael Martin, MA
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| 4 | rounded-off |
Thomas Haller
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Feb 5, 2020 11:15: robin25 changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Edith Kelly, OK-Trans, robin25
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Proposed translations
flattened oval
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Note added at 11 hrs (2018-06-20 22:46:04 GMT)
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AKA oblate
ADJECTIVE
Geometry
(of a spheroid) flattened at the poles.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/oblate
Although this might find less 'resonance' with EN readers.
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Herbmione Granger
: Or oblated. Quasi-round and company won't cut it.
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Thanks. The person who translated the Amazon page quoted by MM should have asked here first. It doesn't look semi-circular to me.
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Alison MacG
: Possibly - I agree it’s not semi-circular. When trying to find a name for the shape shown in the image, I came across this: The Bulged Rectangle tool bows out two sides of the rectangle. (Callout 4) https://help.sketchup.com/sv/article/3000199
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Strange: I see a (flattened) oval and you see a (bulged) rectangle. Perhaps Rohrschach could have shed some light on this.
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United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
semi-circular
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Johannes Gleim
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Thanks, Johannes.
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Herbmione Granger
: The product is not shaped like a half moon. It is a circle with the top and bottom cut off.
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That's a good thing. Not many people would buy it if it were.
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Switzerland
Traducción técnica hecha por un técnico
Native in: German 
Works in: Spanish to German, English to German
Discussion
A toroid is a doughnut shape.
I think the feature with this version is that it's flat on two sides.
Is it of the same shape as the transformer QAZQA shown by you? Or do you have a different transformer? If yes, can you please show or describe it?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Qazqa-QAZQA-Transformer-50-210VA-Ob...