isometry — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their preimages.

   Verwandte Wörter

   isometricisometerisometrograph

   Beispiele

   Isometry is to metric spaces what isomorphism is to groups.

Substantiv

1. the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same

   Oberbegriffe

   growth raterate of growth

2. a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points

   Oberbegriffe

   functionmathematical functionsingle-valued functionmapmapping

   Beispiele

   the isometries of the cube

3. equality of elevation above sea level

   Oberbegriffe

   elevation

4. equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.)

   Oberbegriffe

   equality