isometry

Definitions of isometry
  1. noun
    equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.)
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    equality
    the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
  2. noun
    equality of elevation above sea level
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    elevation
    distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
  3. noun
    a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points
    “the isometries of the cube”
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    function, map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function
    (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
  4. noun
    the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same
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    growth rate, rate of growth
    the rate of increase in size per unit time
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