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Torus vs Thallus - What's the difference?

torus | thallus |

As nouns the difference between torus and thallus

is that torus is torus (shape) while thallus is (botany) an undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.

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

    Anagrams

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    thallus

    English

    Noun

    (thalli)
  • (botany) An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.
  • (botany) Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.

    • Related terms

    * thalliform * thalline * thallodal * thalloid * Thallobionta * Thallophyta * thallophyte * thallose