toruses

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A form of torus — A topological space which is a product of two circles.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of torus

    Replace 2 and 4 by thickened toruses 2′ and 4′ enclosing 3′ and replace 1 and 5 by the remaining regions.

    1952, F. B. Fuller, Note on trajectories in a solid torus, in Annals of Mathematics 56(3), p439
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    Since we're discussing cosmic geometry, I will mention that the rings of angels are what mathematicians call toruses or anchor rings—i.e., doughnut-like shapes.

    2000, George L. Hersey, Architecture and Geometry in the Age of the Baroque, page 29

    Germain Kreweras ... enumerated spanning trees on grids, cylinders, and toruses, as well as oriented spanning trees on directed toruses such as Oₘ × Oₙ.

    2005, Donald E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming vol. 4 fasc. 4, p103

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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