tori
Americannoun
noun
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To challenge the long-accepted idea, the researchers built two compact, self-contained surfaces shaped like doughnuts, known as tori.
From Science Daily • Apr. 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
In some cases, tori lines have reduced the bycatch of seabirds by as much as 98 percent.
From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2022
Now we replace the torus with a chain of smaller tori sitting entirely within the first torus to get level 1 of the construction.
From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2018
The lateral arcades are blind, while the higher central arcading around the door is surmounted with three receding tori resting on crocketed foliate capitals.
From Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) by Various
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