awfullotofocelots t1_jefc74f wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:29 PM

Reply to comment by rocketeerH in Extremely flat explosion dubbed 'the Cow' puzzles scientists while they work to learn more by thawingSumTendies

It's the geometric/topological term for a donut or tube shape.

rocketeerH t1_jefdbba wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:37 PM

Awesome! I’ve read the series twice and thought it was a made up word like Orogene. I imagined it as just a circle. This makes so much more sense, since the Orogenes generally did not freeze themselves to death. Assumed they were just immune to the power of their own torus

awfullotofocelots t1_jefe6f6 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:42 PM

I don't know how to else break it to you, but orogene isn't totally made up either.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orogeny

rocketeerH t1_jefea6x wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:43 PM

Holy shit this is amazing, thanks!