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torus
(tō′rəs, tôr′əs)
noun pl. tori
- Anat. any rounded projection or swelling
- Archit. a large, convex molding used at the base of columns, etc., just above the plinth
- Bot.
- receptacle (sense )
- a thick spot at the center of the pit membrane in bordered pits of xylem cells
- Geom. a surface, or its enclosed solid, generated by the revolution of a conic about any line that is external to the conic but in the same plane, as a doughnut-shaped figure that is generated by a circle or an ellipse
Origin: L, a bulge, muscle
See torus in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. to·ri (tôrˈī, tōrˈī)
- Architecture A large convex molding, semicircular in cross section, located at the base of a classical column.
- Anatomy A bulging or rounded projection or swelling.
- Botany The receptacle of a flower.
- Mathematics A toroid generated by a circle; a surface having the shape of a doughnut. Also called tore2.
Origin:
Origin: Latin, bulge, knot, torus
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