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isometry
[ ahy-som-i-tree ]
noun
- equality of measure.
- Biology. equal growth rates in two parts of a developing organism.
- Geography. equality with respect to height above sea level.
- Mathematics. a function from one metric space onto a second metric space having the property that the distance between two points in the first space is equal to the distance between the image points in the second space.
isometry
/ aɪˈsɒmɪtrɪ /
noun
- maths rigid motion of a plane or space such that the distance between any two points before and after this motion is unaltered
- equality of height above sea level
isometry
/ ī-sŏm′ĭ-trē /
- Equality of measure.
- Equality of elevation above sea level.
- A function between two metric spaces (such as two coordinate systems) which preserves distances. A rotation or translation in a plane is an isometry, since the distances between two points on the plane remain the same after the rotation or translation.
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