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torus
[ tawr-uhs ]
noun
, plural to·ri [tawr, -ahy].
- Geometry.
- Rarely . a doughnut-shaped surface generated by the revolution of a conic section, especially a circle, about an exterior line lying in its plane.
- the solid enclosed by such a surface.
- Botany.
- the receptacle of a flower.
- a thickening of the wall membrane in the bordered pits occurring in the tracheid cells of the wood of many conifers.
- Anatomy. a rounded ridge; a protuberant part.
torus
/ ˈtɔːrəs /
noun
- Also calledtore a large convex moulding approximately semicircular in cross section, esp one used on the base of a classical column
- geometry a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle about a coplanar line that does not intersect the circle. Area: 4π² Rr ; volume: 2π² Rr ², where r is the radius of the circle and R is the distance from the line to the centre of the circle
- botany another name for receptacle
- anatomy a ridge, fold, or similar linear elevation
- astronomy a dense ring of gas and dust which surrounds a dying star, containing most of the star's ejected gas
torus
/ tôr′əs /
, Plural tori tôr′ī
- A surface generated by rotating a circle about an axis that is in the same plane as the circle but does not intersect it. A torus resembles a donut and is a subtype of toroid.
- The torus-shaped apparatus that contains plasma in nuclear fusion reactors.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of torus1
First recorded in 1555–65; from Latin: literally, “strand, thong, raised ridge”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of torus1
C16: from Latin: a swelling, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences
At each corner of the black marble bases, and touching the torus of the column, the head of a bird or animal has been carved.
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The lateral arcades have similar capitals but only one torus.
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At this time each pistil loosens from the torus and can be easily removed, especially if some animal touch the hooks.
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The slender torus usually distinguished the eight-branch Plantagenet type, and its use here for simple diagonals is an exception.
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As time went on profiles deteriorated, sharp prismatic molds succeeding to the virile torus, or molds fluid and vague.
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