isometry
/aɪˈsɑmətri/
noun
- A transformation in geometry that preserves distances between points; a mapping that does not change the size or shape of a figure.
- In geometry class, we learned that a rotation is an example of an isometry because it keeps all distances the same.
- The artist used an isometry to create a perfectly scaled copy of the original drawing.
- When you slide a shape across a plane without flipping or rotating it, that translation is a simple isometry.
- Equality of measure; the condition of having the same dimensions or size.
- The isometry of the two rooms made it easy to swap the furniture between them.
- The map's isometry ensured that distances on paper matched real-world distances exactly.
- Scientists noted the isometry of the crystal structures in the two samples.
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