1
: a large molding of convex profile commonly occurring as the lowest molding in the base of a column
2
: the thickening of a membrane closing a wood-cell pit (as of gymnosperm tracheids) having the secondary cell wall arched over the pit cavity
3
: a doughnut-shaped surface generated by a circle rotated about an axis in its plane that does not intersect the circle
broadly
: toroid
4
: a smooth rounded anatomical protuberance (such as a bony ridge on the skull)
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This is a puffy torus of older stars moving at high velocities above and below the main flat plane of the Milky Way—which is where our sun serenely orbits.
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 16 July 2025
As mentioned earlier, each torus contains 12 logical qubits created by the gross code through the use of approximately 288 physical qubits.
—Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
For simplification, the drawing of the gross code on the left above has been transformed into a symbolic torus (doughnut) in the drawing on the right; that torus has 12 logical qubits consisting of approximately 288 physical qubits, accompanied by the LPU.
—Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
The different velocities map onto different points on the torus, so these measurements gave the approximate curvature captured by the quantum metric.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2025
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 16 July 2025
As mentioned earlier, each torus contains 12 logical qubits created by the gross code through the use of approximately 288 physical qubits.
—Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
For simplification, the drawing of the gross code on the left above has been transformed into a symbolic torus (doughnut) in the drawing on the right; that torus has 12 logical qubits consisting of approximately 288 physical qubits, accompanied by the LPU.
—Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
The different velocities map onto different points on the torus, so these measurements gave the approximate curvature captured by the quantum metric.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2025
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torus
noun
to·rus
ˈtōr-əs, ˈtȯr- 
plural tori
ˈtō(ə)r-ˌī
ˈtȯ(ə)r-
ˈtȯ(ə)r-
-ˌē
1
: a doughnut-shaped surface generated by a circle rotated about an axis in its plane that does not intersect the circle
2
: a smooth rounded anatomical protuberance (as a bony ridge on the skull)
a supraorbital torus
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