Homothetic
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Homothetic is an adjective meaning (mathematics, geometry) for a geometric figure that is the image of another figure under an homothety.
Meaning
(mathematics, geometry) for a geometric figure that is the image of another figure under an homothety.
More Meanings
- (economics) in which the ratio of goods demanded depends only on the ratio of their prices
- the relationship of a microcosm to a macrocosm
- (mathematics) of a function of two or more variables in which the ratio of the partial derivatives depends only on the ratio of the variables, not their value
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include separability, homeomorphous, homographic, homotopical, prehomogeneous, nullhomotopic.
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