conformal
/kənˈfɔɹməl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.55 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That conforms, especially to the shape of something.
adj
That preserves angles between intersecting curves.
Example Sentences
- "Some are realizable in practical computational times; others giving ‘more conformal’ 3D dose distributions take longer and some invoke technology which is not readily available, such as intensity-modulated fields."
- "CVD^([Chemical Vapor Deposition]) is generally more conformal than physical vapor deposition, meaning that it covers a rough surface relatively uniformly, tracking the morphology rather than resulting in thin, low-quality coatings on vertical walls of the substrate, as is the case for physical vapor deposition methods."
- "One method for delivering high doses of radiation to a small area is by using more conformal types of radiotherapy."
- "1991 [Elsevier Science], Roland Schinzinger, Patricio A. A. Laura, Conformal Mapping: Methods and Applications, 2003, Dover, page 508, This would have been tantamount to a conformal transformation."
- "Let us find all conformal transformations in d dimensions."
- "In regions of S where the packings become more deeply embedded in purely hexagonal generations during refinement, the local dilatation approaches 1 and the maps become progressively more conformal."
Etymology
From conform + -al.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˈfɔɹməl/
- British English: /kənˈfɔːməl/
Inflected Forms
more conformal (comparative)
most conformal (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
conformal anomaly
conformal antenna
conformal array
conformal chart
conformal coating
conformal connection
conformal equivalence
conformal family