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isometry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
isom-e-try
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

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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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Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

isometries (plural)

Derived Forms

anisometry quasiisometry

Frequently Paired Words

isometric isometer isometrograph

Questions

What does isometry mean?
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.
Where does isometry come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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