isometry
(noun) equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.)
isometry
(noun) equality of elevation above sea level
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) the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same
Source: WordNet® 3.1
isometry (plural isometries)
(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.
• merosity, mesority
Source: Wiktionary
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
