torus.html - n.
(pl. tori)
1 Archit. a large convex bun-shaped moulding esp. as the lowest part of the base of a column.
2 Bot. the receptacle of a flower.
3 Anat. a smooth ridge of bone or muscle.
4 Geom. a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, esp. a circle, about a line in its plane but not intersecting it. [L, = swelling, bulge, cushion, etc.]

torus.html - n.
(pl. torulae)
1 a yeast, Candida utilis, used medicinally as a food additive.
2 any yeast-like fungus of the genus Torula, growing on dead vegetation. [mod.L, dimin. of torus: see TORUS]

torus.html - n.
(pl. tori)
1 Archit. a large convex bun-shaped moulding esp. as the lowest part of the base of a column.
2 Bot. the receptacle of a flower.
3 Anat. a smooth ridge of bone or muscle.
4 Geom. a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, esp. a circle, about a line in its plane but not intersecting it. [L, = swelling, bulge, cushion, etc.]

torus.html - See: CARRY A TORCH.

torus.html - n.
a hill or rocky peak, esp. in Devon or Cornwall. [OE torr: cf. Gael. tèrr bulging hill]

torus.html - n.
1 (usu. prec. by the) a the Pentateuch. b a scroll containing this.
2 the will of God as revealed in Mosaic law. [Heb. torah instruction]