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Torus vs Exostosis - What's the difference?

torus | exostosis |

As nouns the difference between torus and exostosis

is that torus is torus (shape) while exostosis is a benign bony growth, often covered with cartilage, on the surface of a bone or tooth.

torus

English

(wikipedia torus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (topology) A topological space which is a product of two circles.
  • A 4-variable Karnaugh map can be thought of, topologically, as being a torus .
  • (mathematics) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section: the shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut.
  • The product of the specified number of circles.
  • (architecture) A molding which projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
  • (botany) 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; see receptacle.
  • Derived terms

    * toric, toroid, toroidal * solid torus

    See also

    * annulus * hoop

    exostosis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia exostosis) (exostoses)
  • A benign bony growth, often covered with cartilage, on the surface of a bone or tooth.