isometry — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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.

   Parole correlate

   isometricisometerisometrograph

   Esempi

   Isometry is to metric spaces what isomorphism is to groups.

Sostantivo

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

   Termini più generali

   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

   Termini più generali

   functionmathematical functionsingle-valued functionmapmapping

   Esempi

   the isometries of the cube

3. equality of elevation above sea level

   Termini più generali

   elevation

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

   Termini più generali

   equality