Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - torus
Torus
torus
n. (pl. tori) 1 Archit. a large convex bun-shaped moulding esp. as the lowest part of the base of a column. 2 Bot. the receptacle of a flower. 3 Anat. a smooth ridge of bone or muscle. 4 Geom. a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, esp. a circle, about a line in its plane but not intersecting it. Etymology: L, = swelling, bulge, cushion, etc.
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noun (plural tori) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, protuberance, bulge, ~ molding Date: 1563 a large molding of convex profile commonly occurring as the lowest molding in the base of a column, the thickening of a membrane closing a wood-cell pit (as of gymnosperm tracheids) having the secondary cell wall arched over the pit cavity, a doughnut-shaped surface generated by a circle rotated about an axis in its plane that does not intersect the circle, a smooth rounded anatomical protuberance (as a bony ridge on the skull) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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