transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtȯr-əs ]
noun
( plural to·ri ˈtȯr-ˌī, -ˌē)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, protuberance, bulge, torus molding
Date: 1563
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 (as a bony ridge on the skull)