A 4-variable Karnaugh map can be thought of, topologically, as being a torus.
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Torus
//ˈtɔː.ɹəs//
Synonyms for "torus" (14 found)
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4 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
7 entriesis a
8 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
64 translations across 41 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- torusi noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Arabic
1 entries- طَارَة noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Basque
1 entries- toru noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Belarusian
1 entries- тор noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тор noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Catalan
3 entries- bossell noun (convex molding)
- tor noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- tor noun (convex molding)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 環面 /环面 noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- 環面 /环面 noun (topological space)
- 花托 noun (receptacle)
Czech
1 entries- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Danish
1 entries- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Dutch
1 entries- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Esperanto
2 entries- toro noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- toro noun (topological space)
Estonian
1 entries- toor noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Finnish
4 entries- kukkapohjus noun (receptacle)
- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- torus noun (topological space)
- torus noun (in combination, product of circles)
French
3 entries- tore noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- tore noun (topological space)
- tore noun (convex molding)
Galician
1 entries- toro noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
German
2 entries- Torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- Wulst noun (convex molding)
Greek
1 entries- τόρος noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Hebrew
1 entries- טורוס noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Hungarian
1 entries- tórusz noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Ido
1 entries- toro noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Italian
2 entries- toro noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- toro noun (convex molding)
Japanese
2 entries- トーラス noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- トーラス noun (topological space)
Korean
1 entries- 원환면 noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Latvian
1 entries- tors noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Lithuanian
1 entries- toras noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Macedonian
1 entries- тор noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Māori
1 entries- tarawhiti noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Polish
4 entries- armila noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- torus noun (topological space)
- torus noun (in combination, product of circles)
Portuguese
1 entries- toro noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Romanian
1 entries- tor noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Russian
2 entries- тор noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- тор noun (topological space)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- торус noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Slovak
1 entries- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Slovene
1 entries- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Spanish
2 entries- toro noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
- toro noun (topological space)
Swedish
1 entries- torus noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Turkish
1 entries- simit noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тор noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khối xuyến noun (shape in 3-dimensional Euclidean space)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
While there is a hereditary component to tori, this does not explain all cases. Tori tend to appear more frequently during middle age of life; the torus palatinus is more commonly observed in females, but this is not the case with the torus mandibularis. Certain ethnic groups are more prone to one torus or the other.
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