-tor
1 Americannoun
noun
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a high hill, esp a bare rocky one
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a prominent rock or heap of rocks, esp on a hill
Etymology
Origin of -tor1
< Latin -tor (stem -tōr- ), cognate with Greek -tōr (stem -tor- ), Sanskrit -tar-
Origin of tor1
before 900; Middle English; Old English torr < Celtic; compare Irish tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile
Example Sentences
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"Excitons carry self-oscillating energy, imparted by the initial excitation, which impacts the surrounding electrons in the material at tunable frequencies. Because the excitons are created from the electrons of the material itself, they couple much more strongly with the material than light. And crucially, it takes significantly less light to create a population of excitons dense enough to serve as an effective periodic drive for hybridization - which is what we have now observed," explains co-author Professor Gianluca Stefanucci of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
From Science Daily
In addition to the Double VPN mentioned above, NordVPN offers Onion over VPN, which adds the Tor network for additional anonymity.
From Salon
"You have rare earths in your pocket when you carry a smartphone," said Tor Espen Simonsen, a local official at Rare Earths Norway, the company that owns the extraction rights.
From Barron's
Days later, on a remote patch of land in South Sudan, a 38-year-old man named Tor Top gathered with his neighbors outside the local health clinic.
From Salon
Tor Top’s mother, Nyarietna, was one of the uncounted.
From Salon
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