Definitions from Wiktionary (torus)
▸ 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).
▸ noun: (topology) A topological space which is a product of two circles.
▸ noun: (topology, in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles.
▸ noun: A ring-shaped object, especially a large ring-shaped chamber used in physical research.
▸ noun: (architecture) A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
▸ noun: (anatomy) A rounded ridge of bone or muscle, especially one on the occipital bone.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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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▸ 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).
▸ noun: (topology) A topological space which is a product of two circles.
▸ noun: (topology, in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles.
▸ noun: A ring-shaped object, especially a large ring-shaped chamber used in physical research.
▸ noun: (architecture) A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
▸ noun: (anatomy) A rounded ridge of bone or muscle, especially one on the occipital bone.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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.
Similar:
toroid,
tore,
solid torus,
torroid,
anchor ring,
hypertoroid,
semitorus,
vortex ring,
semitoroid,
annulus,
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dimensional,
supraorbital,
solid,
occipital,
invariant,
mandibular,
large,
lower,
upper,
palatal,
maximal
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