subtorus

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ torus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəs

Noun

subtorus (plural subtori)

1. (mathematics) A smaller torus-shaped structure within a larger torus.
   • 2014, Bo'az Klartag, Emanuel Milman, Geometric Aspects of Functional Analysis: Israel Seminar (GAFA) 2011-2013, page 130:

     It is evident from the proof of Theorem 2 that the subtorus M is selected randomly and uniformly over the collection of all k-dimensional coordinate subtori.

Anagrams

• subtours