cylinder vs torus

cylinder

noun
  • Any object in the form of a circular cylinder. 

  • A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve. 

  • The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges. 

  • A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder. 

  • An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder. 

  • A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine. 

  • The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity. 

  • The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump. 

  • A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder. 

verb
  • To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy. 

torus

noun
  • A ring-shaped object, especially a large ring-shaped chamber used in physical research. 

  • The thickening of a membrane closing a wood-cell pit (as of gymnosperm tracheids) having the secondary cell wall arched over the pit cavity. 

  • A rounded ridge of bone or muscle, especially one on the occipital bone. 

  • {{lb|en|topology|in combination|n-torus|4-torus|etc.}} The product of the specified number of circles. 

  • A topological space which is a product of two circles. 

  • A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth. 

  • The end of the peduncle or flower stalk to which the floral parts (or in the Asteraceae, the florets of a flower head) are attached. 

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