English noun: isometry |
1. | isometry (time) the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same |
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| Broader (hypernym) | growth rate, rate of growth |
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| Domain category | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
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2. | isometry a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points |
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| Samples | The isometries of the cube.
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| Broader (hypernym) | function, map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function |
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3. | isometry (attribute) equality of elevation above sea level |
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| Broader (hypernym) | elevation |
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4. | isometry (attribute) equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | equality |
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