"Tor" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /tɔːɹ/, /tɔɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tor [alternative], TOR [alternative], T.O.R. [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: Acronym of The Onion Routing. Etymology templates: {{U|the}} The, {{U|onion}} Onion, {{U|routing}} Routing, {{acronym|en|The Onion Routing}} Acronym of The Onion Routing Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tor
  1. (computing) Acronym of The Onion Routing, an implementation of second-generation onion routing. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: The Onion Routing (extra: an implementation of second-generation onion routing)
    Sense id: en-Tor-en-name-6SfiOEiy Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 5 6 16 7 7 3 4 3 3 1 3 10 5 10 5 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 17 8 9 2 5 4 4 0 2 9 5 9 5 14 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /tɔːɹ/, /tɔɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Tor. [alternative], TOR [alternative], TOR. [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: Clipping of Toronto. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Toronto}} Clipping of Toronto Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tor
  1. Abbreviation of Toronto. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Toronto Related terms: TOR, tor, Torr, torr, Tor Tiv
    Sense id: en-Tor-en-name-U9VPFr6Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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