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isometry

The English word “isometry” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  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.

Etymology

From New Latin isometria, from Ancient Greek ἰσομετρία (isometría), from ἰσο- (iso-) + -μετρία (-metría), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ια (-ia, “-y”). Equivalent to iso- + -metry.

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