homothety

/həˈmoʊθəti/

Definitions

1. noun

A transformation that maps every point in a figure to a point in another figure, with all points being scaled by the same factor from their original positions, resulting in similar figures.

“The mathematician studied various types of homothety, including translations, rotations, and scaling.”

Synonyms

  • congruence transformation
  • similarity transformation

Antonyms

  • rotation
  • translation