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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
/ ɪˈɒɪٰɪ /
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
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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Example Sentences
Although a considerable step up from the text-based 1988 DOS game,Wasteland 2remains comfortably retro, with an isometry familiar fromFallout.
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