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
They were searching for tori in messy neurological data—the perfect job for TDA.
From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2022
No sound is needed to scare off seabirds with a device called a tori line.
From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2022
Hanc sæpius ossa, musculi, nervi; illam tori quidam, et quasi jubæ decent.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius
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