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see|Torus
wikipedia
English
Image:Torus.png|thumb|A geometrical torus
Etymology
From L. #Latin|torus "swelling, protuberance"
Pronunciation
IPA|/�t��r�s/
audio|en-us-torus.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��r�s
Homophones
Taurus
Noun
en-noun|tor|i
- geometry A three-dimensional shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section. The shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut.
- architecture A molding which projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
- botany A botanical term for 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; see receptacle
Translations
trans-top|three dimensional shape
French: tore m
German: Torus
Hungarian: tórusz
trans-mid
Portuguese: toro m
Spanish: t+|es|toro m
Swedish: t|sv|torus|c
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Category:Topology
Category:English homophones
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Latin
Noun
torus
- swelling, protuberance, bulge
Swedish
Noun
sv-noun-reg-ar
infl|sv|noun|g=c
- context|topology|lang=sv #English|torus; a shape consisting of a ring, or an object of the same topology residing in a space of higher dimension; especially considered as a Cartesian product of two circles in a four-dimensional space
Related terms
flat torus
io:torus
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nl:torus
ru:torus
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