tor
pronunciation
How to pronounce tor in British English:
UK [tɔ:(r)]
How to pronounce tor in American English:
US [tɔr]
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- Noun:
- a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
- a high rocky hill
Word Origin
- tor (n.)
- "high, rocky hill," Old English torr "rock, crag;" said to be a different word than torr "tower." Obviously cognate with Gaelic torr "lofty hill, mound," Old Welsh twrr "heap, pile;" and perhaps ultimately with Latin turris "high structure" (see tower (n.)). But sources disagree on whether the Celts borrowed it from the Anglo-Saxons or the other way round.
Example
- 1. The tor project even played a role in helping iranians get back online after a recent government crackdown on internet usage .
- 2. The document then bounces between tor servers in a random manner , using layers of encryption to obfuscate its source address .
- 3. There is also a morris marina sun tor , a conversion by a company based in devon in the south of england .
- 4. The tor pathway , in turn , promotes protein production and inhibits the active destruction of parts of cells that are no longer needed .
- 5. Tor encrypts your web traffic and sends it through a randomly selected series of computers , preventing shadowy third parties from learning what sites you visit or where you 're located .