Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toric

/ˈtɔɹɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: toric
IPA: /ˈtɔɹɪk/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.

adj

Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.

adj

Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.

adj

Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.

adj

Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.

adj

Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.

Example Sentences

"The study of toric varieties is a wonderful part of algebraic geometry. There are elegant theorems and deep connections with polytopes, polyhedra, combinatorics, commutative algebra, symplectic geometry, and topology. Toric varieties also have unexpected applications in areas as diverse as physics, coding theory, algebraic statistics, and geometric modeling. Moreover, as noted by Fulton [105], "toric varieties have provided a remarkably fertile testing ground for general theories."

Etymology

Etymology tree English torus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English toric From torus + -ic.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɔɹɪk/
British English: /ˈtɒɹɪk/

Inflected Forms

more toric (comparative) most toric (superlative)

Derived Forms

ambitoric hypertoric toricity

Rhymes With

historic warwick prehistoric caloric euphoric meteoric doric dysphoric lauric fluoric choric amphoric

Questions

How do you pronounce toric?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɔɹɪk/.
What does toric mean?: Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.
Where does toric come from?: Etymology tree English torus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English toric From torus + -ic.

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