How to pronounce toric
Say it like TOR-ik. Toric has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (TOR).
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- TOR
- ik
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Toric pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- TORSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "aw" in law.
- ikKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the "i" in sit.
American vs British pronunciation of toric
American and British speakers say toric in essentially the same way: /ˈtɔrɪk/ in the US and /ˈtɒrɪk/ in the UK.
British respelling: TOR-ik.
What does toric mean?
- Which, in any of several technical senses, admits a high degree of symmetry, allowing combinatorial methods to be used in its study.
- Containing an algebraic torus as a dense subset, such that the group action of the torus on itself extends to the whole space; or, the embedding map taking the torus into the space. See Toric variety on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (Narrowly) A compact smooth toric variety. (Broadly) Quasitoric: a closed, real, even-dimensional smooth manifold equipped with an effective, smooth action by an algebraic torus whose orbits are simple complex polytopes and such that the action is locally the same as a faithful real representation o
Where does toric come from?
From torus + -ic.
Words that rhyme with toric
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Questions about saying toric
How do you pronounce toric?
Say TOR-ik. The American pronunciation is /ˈtɔrɪk/. In British English it is /ˈtɒrɪk/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in toric?
Toric has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (TOR). Broken into parts: TOR · ik.
Do Americans and Brits say toric the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /ˈtɔrɪk/ and the British form is /ˈtɒrɪk/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.