isometry
pronunciation
How to pronounce isometry in British English:
UK [aɪ'sɒmɪtrɪ]
How to pronounce isometry in American English:
US [aɪ'sɒmətrɪ]
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- Noun:
- the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same
- a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points
- equality of elevation above sea level
- equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.)
Word Origin
- isometry (n.)
- 1941, from Greek isometria "equality of measure," from iso- (see iso-) + metria "a measuring" (see -metry).