isometry

English

Etymology

iso- +‎ -metry

Noun

isometry (plural isometries)

(mathematics) 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.
- Isometry is to metric spaces what isomorphism is to groups.

Related terms

isometric
isometer

Derived terms

quasiisometry

Translations

A function

Dutch: isometrie (nl)
Finnish: isometria (fi)
French: isométrie (fr) f
German: Isometrie f
Hebrew: איזומטריה‎ f (izométria)

Hungarian: egybevágósági transzformáció
Italian: isometria (it) f
Portuguese: isometria f
Spanish: isometría (es) f
Swedish: isometri (sv) c

Anagrams

merosity, mesority

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