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Meanings of torus in anglès

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

        tor

        Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column.

              The section of the plant's stem or stalk to which the flower is attached.

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                    Examples for "receptacle"
                    Examples for "receptacle"
                    1
                    It is unlucky that the amplest receptacle is to hold the minority.
                    Haydn
                    2
                    The Italian newspaper is probably the emptiest receptacle of news published anywhere.
                    The World Decision
                    3
                    Swimming in surreal light is what appears to be a glass receptacle.
                    Saving max
                    4
                    In buckets, coal-oil cans, every kind of receptacle, lay the precious dust.
                    The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
                    5
                    The Constitution is neither a legislative crazy-quilt nor a receptacle of fads.
                    "'Tis Sixty Years Since" / Address of Charles Francis Adams; Fou...
                    Usage of torus in anglès
                    1
                    That was probably a side effect of the nearby moon's plasma torus.
                    Torch of Freedom
                    2
                    She unclipped the carabiner and let go of the lazily spinning torus.
                    Seveneves
                    3
                    He saw the torus accelerating madly, leaving Paola behind, needles outstripped.
                    Anvil of stars
                    4
                    They would be destroyed; Paola and the torus might survive.
                    Anvil of stars
                    5
                    The superstructure was all still there, leaving the torus and spire shape perfectly intact.
                    The Burning Dark
                    6
                    Outside of it, carabinered to the spinning torus, was Dinah.
                    Seveneves
                    7
                    It appears that both environmental and genetic components contribute to the expression of palatine torus.
                    Resurrecting pompeii
                    8
                    She eyed the precooked torus he proffered distastefully "You can taste the difference?"
                    The Complete Alien Omnibus
                    9
                    With wraparound, the effect was of an infinite main street, a hundred-kilometer torus of material delights.
                    The Hyperion Cantos
                    10
                    It was their duty to guard the torus until it was ready to broadcast its contents.
                    Anvil of stars
                    11
                    The rest of the torus was fuel tank.
                    Strata
                    12
                    Delivered, the torus was on its own now.
                    Anvil of stars
                    13
                    The great torus-shaped mansion of Espersium sat near the centre of the estate of the same name.
                    Surface detail
                    14
                    The STXM analysis also indicated that a torus of a bordered pit contained aromatic compounds, possibly lignin.
                    Pubmed
                    15
                    Paola Birdsong still shepherded the sporangia torus.
                    Anvil of stars
                    16
                    This was a lot easier in the weak gravity of the torus-noglobules of blood drifting around.
                    Seveneves
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                    Translations for torus
                    portuguès
                    toro
                    català
                    tor
                    espanyol
                    toro
                    Torus through the time