Torus

['tɔːrəs] or ['torəs]

Definition

(noun.) commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column.

(noun.) a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle.

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Definition

(n.) A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding.

(n.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.

(n.) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand.

(n.) See 3d Tore, 2.

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Definition

n. (archit.) a moulding in the base of columns the profile of which is semicircular: (bot.) the receptacle or part of the flower on which the carpels stand: (anat.) a rounded ridge esp. one on the occipital bone of the skull:—pl. Tō′ri.

Typist: Remington