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How to pronounce “torus”
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Pronunciation guide for torus
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of torus with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Ayellet Tal
This is a point cloud of a torus.
- Definition summary
- (geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).
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How to pronounce torus
Ayellet Tal
This is a point cloud of a torus.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “torus”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).
- (architecture) A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
- (anatomy) A rounded ridge of bone or muscle, especially one on the occipital bone.
- (botany) 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.
- (botany) The thickening of a membrane closing a wood-cell pit (as of gymnosperm tracheids) having the secondary cell wall arched over the pit cavity.
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