homography (countable and uncountable, plural homographies)
The state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.
(geometry) An isomorphism between projective spaces that maps straight lines to straight lines.
Synonyms: projectivity, projective transformation, projective collineation
Hypernym: collineation
Hyponyms: linear fractional transformation, Möbius transformation
Source: Wiktionary
Ho*mog"ra*phy, n.
1. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
