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ISOMETRIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line connecting isometric points
Synonyms:
isometric; isometric line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("isometric" is a kind of...):
line (a mark that is long relative to its width)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "isometric"):
contour; contour line (a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant
Classified under:
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Antonym:
isotonic (of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a crystal system characterized by three equal axes at right angles
Classified under:
Similar:
cubic; three-dimensional (having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions)
Domain category:
crystallography (the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having equal dimensions or measurements
Synonyms:
isometric; isometrical
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
equal (having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)
Derivation:
isometry (equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.))
isometry (equality of elevation above sea level)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Related by an isometry
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Pertainym:
isometry (a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points)
Derivation:
isometry (a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points)
