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Definitions for Tori

[1] plural of torus.
[2] 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.
[3] Geometry . a doughnut-shaped surface generated by the revolution of a conic, especially a circle, about an exterior line lying in its plane. the solid enclosed by such a surface.
[4] Botany . the receptacle of a flower. a thickening of the wall membrane in the bordered pits occurring in the tracheid cells of the wood of many conifers.
[5] Anatomy . a rounded ridge; a protuberant part.
[6] the plural of torus
[7] Also called: tore a large convex moulding approximately semicircular in cross section, esp one used on the base of a classical column
[8] geometry a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle about a coplanar line that does not intersect the circle. Area: 4π² Rr ; volume: 2π² Rr ², where r is the radius of the circle and R is the distance from the line to the centre of the circle
[9] botany another name for receptacle (def. 2)
[10] anatomy a ridge, fold, or similar linear elevation
[11] astronomy a dense ring of gas and dust which surrounds a dying star, containing most of the star's ejected gas

Words nearby Tori

torenia, torero, toreutic, toreutics, torfaen, tori, toric, toric lens, tories, torii, torino

Origin of Tori

us1555–65; < Latin: literally, strand, thong, raised ridge

Word origin for Tori

usC16: from Latin: a swelling, of obscure origin