torus
IPA: tˈɔrʌs
noun
- (geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).
- (topology) A topological space which is a product of two circles.
- {{lb|en|topology|in combination|n'''-torus|4-torus|etc.}} The product of the specified number of circles.
- A ring-shaped object, especially a large ring-shaped chamber used in physical research.
- (architecture) A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
- (anatomy) A rounded ridge of bone or muscle, especially one on the occipital bone.
- (botany) The end of the peduncle or flower stalk to which the floral parts (or in the Asteraceae, the florets of a flower head) are attached.
- (botany) The thickening of a membrane closing a wood-cell pit (as of gymnosperm tracheids) having the secondary cell wall arched over the pit cavity.
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Examples of "torus" in Sentences
- By contrast, consider the torus.
- This torus is an imaginary torus of course.
- In this case, that's the centre of the torus.
- In the homogeneous quartic equation for the torus.
- In the left image doublet is vertical in the torus centre.
- The torus is the configuration space of the double pendulum.
- This is equivalent to the 'n' covering of the torus by the torus.
- The axis of the torus opening coincides with the axis of the aperture.
- If the torus were a solid torus and it became a circumference it would.
- In the joint, the raceways of the tulip element have the shape of a torus.
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