Isometry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Isometry is a noun meaning (mathematics) 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.
Meaning
(mathematics) 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.
Example Sentences
Isometry is to metric spaces what isomorphism is to groups.
Word Forms
- isometries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include autometry, isotopy, rotation, isoperimetry, homography, quasiisometry.
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