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tori

[tawr-ahy, tohr-ahy]

to·ri

[tawr-ahy, tohr-ahy]
noun
plural of torus.
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to·rus

[tawr-uhs, tohr-]
noun, plural to·ri [tawr-ahy, tohr-ahy] .
1.
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
2.
Geometry.
a.
a doughnut-shaped surface generated by the revolution of a conic, especially a circle, about an exterior line lying in its plane.
b.
the solid enclosed by such a surface.
3.
Botany.
a.
the receptacle of a flower.
b.
a thickening of the wall membrane in the bordered pits occurring in the tracheid cells of the wood of many conifers.
4.
Anatomy. a rounded ridge; a protuberant part.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin: literally, strand, thong, raised ridge
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tori (ˈtɔːraɪ)
 
n
the plural of torus

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torus to·rus (tôr'əs)
n. pl. to·ri (tôr'ī)
A bulging or rounded projection or swelling, such as is caused by a bone or muscle.

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torus   (tôr'əs)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural tori (tôr'ī)
  1. 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.

  2. The torus-shaped apparatus that contains plasma in nuclear fusion reactors.


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Abbreviations & Acronyms
TORI
totally obvious rapid information
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