isometry

English

Etymology

iso- +‎ -metry

Noun

isometry (plural isometries)

1. (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.
   • Isometry is to metric spaces what isomorphism is to groups.

Derived terms

• quasiisometry

Related terms

• isometric
• isometer
• isometrograph

Translations

A function

• Dutch: isometrie (nl)
• Finnish: isometria (fi)
• French: isométrie (fr) f
• German: Isometrie f
• Hebrew: איזומטריה‎ f (izométria)
• Hungarian: egybevágósági transzformáció (hu)
• Italian: isometria (it) f
• Portuguese: isometria f
• Spanish: isometría (es) f
• Swedish: isometri (sv) c

Anagrams

• merosity