torus
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- noun
- /ˈtɔrəs/
- Specialized
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- When designing the fountain, the architect chose a torus for its elegant, circular form.
- torus plasma
- torus rotates
- speed of the torus
They form these perfect toruses that now initiate this self organization process of the plasmoids.
- They form these perfect toruses that now initiate this self organization process of the plasmoids.
Examples
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Astronomers can study the rotational behavior of the torus using high-resolution spectroscopy.
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You see in my square torus this red line and this green line, they're the same length, right?
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The curves on the left and right show the torus on the west and east sides of Jupiter, respectively.
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The Io plasma torus can be observed readily from Earth.
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This is known to mathematicians as the flat torus geometry, a geometry in which you identify left side and right side and up with the down.
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But the ready accessibility of the Io torus for terrestrial observations makes it a uniquely rich object for study.
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In geometry class, we learned that a torus resembles the shape of a doughnut.
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The shape of a torus can be found in various natural formations, like certain galaxies.
Synonyms
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A solid shaped like a doughnut made by turning a circle around an axis
A doughnut-shaped solid with a hole in the middle
Compounds
- Specialized
A thick bony ridge above the eyes often seen in early human ancestors
Surface Forms
Etymology
Torus comes from the Latin word torus, which meant a 'cushion' or rounded 'swelling'. So imagine a cushion made into a ring — like a doughnut or inner tube — and you can see why a torus in math is the ring or doughnut shape.