Associations to the word «Isometry»

Wiktionary

ISOMETRY, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

ISOMETRY, noun. The growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same.
ISOMETRY, 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".
ISOMETRY, noun. Equality of elevation above sea level.
ISOMETRY, noun. Equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley