toric

Shaped like tires

Toric describes a surface or shape based on a torus—a doughnut-shaped geometric figure.

The term appears most often in optics: toric lenses correct astigmatism by having different curvatures along different axes, bending light unequally to compensate for irregularities in the eye's shape.

corneal

astigmatism

Irregular corneal curvature disorder

curvature · meridians · wavefront · biomechanics · pellucid · crosslinking · transplant

geometry

donut shape

Ring with hollow center

parametric · cross-section · circular · ring · annulus · embedding · curvature

lens

astigmatism

Irregular corneal curvature disorder

vision correction · eyewear · glasses · spectacles · optometrist · ophthalmologist · axis · fitting · rotation · stabilization

Opposites
geometric shape/curvature type

toricspherical

Globe-like in form

planar · flat · cylindrical · conical · parabolic

optical lens design

toricspherical

Globe-like in form

standard · conventional

surface curvature uniformity

toricspherical

Globe-like in form

spheric · isotropic

Phrases
Family

tore, torus, toroidal, toroid, tori

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