self-affinity

Questions

What does self-affinity mean?

The condition of a fractal whose pieces are scaled by different amounts in the x and y directions, so that self-similarity becomes apparent only after an anisotropic transformation.

Where does self-affinity come from?

From self- + affinity.

How to pronounce self-affinity

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