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Noun: isometry  I'só-mi-tree
  1. (growth) the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same
     
  2. 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"
     
  3. Equality of elevation above sea level
     
  4. Equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.)

Derived forms: isometries

Type of: elevation, equality, function, growth rate, map, mapping, mathematical function, rate of growth, single-valued function

Encyclopedia: Isometry