ISOMETRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isometric mean? 

• ISOMETRIC (noun)
  The noun ISOMETRIC has 1 sense:

1. a line connecting isometric points

  Familiarity information: ISOMETRIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ISOMETRIC (adjective)
  The adjective ISOMETRIC has 4 senses:

1. related by an isometry

2. of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant

3. having equal dimensions or measurements

4. of a crystal system characterized by three equal axes at right angles

  Familiarity information: ISOMETRIC used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOMETRIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A line connecting isometric points

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

isometric; isometric line

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)

• ISOMETRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant

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 3

Meaning:

Having equal dimensions or measurements

Synonyms:

isometric; isometrical

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:

Of a crystal system characterized by three equal axes at right angles

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)