| slovo | definícia |
torus
(mass) | torus
- torus, prstenec, anuloid |
torus
(msas) | torus
- torus |
torus
(msasasci) | torus
- torus |
torus
(encz) | torus,torus n: Zdeněk Brož |
torus
(czen) | torus,torin: Zdeněk Brož |
torus
(czen) | torus,torusn: Zdeněk Brož |
Torus
(gcide) | Torus \To"rus\ (t[=o]"r[u^]s), n.; pl. Tori (t[=o]"r[imac]).
[L., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation. Cf.
3d Tore.]
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1. (Arch.) A large molding used in the bases of columns. Its
profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding.
--Brande & C.
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2. (Zool.) 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.
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3. (Bot.) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the
carpels stand.
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4. (Geom.)
(a) The surface described by the circumference of a circle
revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
(b) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes
called an anchor ring.
Syn: Syn. --3d Tore[2].
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torus
(wn) | torus
n 1: a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around
an axis that does not intersect the circle [syn: torus,
toroid]
2: commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn:
torus, tore] |
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torus
(mass) | torus
- torus, prstenec, anuloid |
torus
(msas) | torus
- torus |
torus
(msasasci) | torus
- torus |
supraorbital torus
(encz) | supraorbital torus, n: |
torus
(encz) | torus,torus n: Zdeněk Brož |
toruses
(encz) | toruses, |
torus
(czen) | torus,torin: Zdeněk Brožtorus,torusn: Zdeněk Brož |
Coccotorus scutellaris
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
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Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
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supraorbital torus
(wn) | supraorbital torus
n 1: a ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket [syn:
supraorbital ridge, supraorbital torus, {superciliary
ridge}, superciliary arch] |
torus
(wn) | torus
n 1: a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around
an axis that does not intersect the circle [syn: torus,
toroid]
2: commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn:
torus, tore] |
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