The word "Teraconic" is spelled with a phonetic transcription of /tɛrəˈkɒnɪk/. The first syllable, "tɛrə", is pronounced as "teh-ruh", with the stress on the second syllable. The second syllable, "ˈkɒnɪk", is pronounced as "kon-ik". The word is derived from the prefix "tera", meaning trillion, and the suffix "-conic", meaning relating to cones. Teraconic is a term used in mathematics and physics to refer to a set of numerical values in large scale calculations.