Tori
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 plural of torus form-of, plural
- 2 One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke.
- 3 A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog). plural, plural-only
"While there is a hereditary component to tori, this does not explain all cases. Tori tend to appear more frequently during middle age of life; the torus palatinus is more commonly observed in females, but this is not the case with the torus mandibularis."
- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Victoria.
"The American singer Tori Amos was born in 1963."
- 2 A region of Georgia, in the central part of the country, bordered by Imereti and Kartli in the north and Meskheti and Trialeti in the south.
Example
More examples"While there is a hereditary component to tori, this does not explain all cases. Tori tend to appear more frequently during middle age of life; the torus palatinus is more commonly observed in females, but this is not the case with the torus mandibularis."
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 取り, from 取る (toru, “take, pick up”).
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