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Space Distance Isom·E·Try Noun  A Mapping Metric Points

Title isometry
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
isom·e·try

 \\ī-ˈsä-mə-trē\\ noun 
(plural -tries)
 DATE  1881
: a mapping of a metric space onto another or onto itself so that the distance between any two points in the original space is the same as the distance between their images in the second space
    rotation and translation are isometries of the plane
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
isom·e·try
\īˈsämə.trē\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: is- + -metry
: a mapping of a metric space onto another or onto itself so that the distance between any two points in the original space is the same as the distance between their images in the second space 
 < rotation and translation are isometries of the plane >

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