- plural of torus.
tori
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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First noted at a World Cup match 18 years ago in France, the practice is known as “Tatsu tori ato wo nigosazu” — a departing bird does not muddy the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
By constructing a pair of tori that match in local measurements but differ globally, the team has provided the first explicit example of this phenomenon.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
They were searching for tori in messy neurological data—the perfect job for TDA.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 26, 2022
In some cases, tori lines have reduced the bycatch of seabirds by as much as 98 percent.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022
Geisha naru mi to; Michi tobu tori wa Doko no idzuko de Hateru yara, is a popular ditty regarding the final disappearance of geisha from sight.
From Working Women of Japan by Sidney Lewis Gulick
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