homothetic
adjective
homothetic is an adjective meaning “for a geometric figure that is the image of another figure under an homothety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-O-M-O-T-H-E-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 66 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does homothetic mean?
adjective
- 1
for a geometric figure that is the image of another figure under an homothety.
- 2
of a function of two or more variables in which the ratio of the partial derivatives depends only on the ratio of the variables, not their value
- 3
in which the ratio of goods demanded depends only on the ratio of their prices
- 4
the relationship of a microcosm to a macrocosm
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce homothetic?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-homothetic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is homothetic?
Homothetic appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Homothetic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense math: of a type of function:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | homothétique |
| Portuguese | homotético |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.