isometry

(ī sämə trē)

noun

  1. equality of measure
  2. Geog. equality of height above sea level

Origin: iso- + -metry

See isometry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Equality of measure.
  2. Equality of elevation above sea level.
  3. Mathematics A function between metric spaces which preserves distances, such as a rotation or translation in a plane.

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