isometry
noun
isometry is spelled I-S-O-M-E-T-R-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, isometry means “A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of isometry is isometries.
How many letters and syllables are in isometry?
| Letters | 8: I-S-O-M-E-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is isometry?
Isometry appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th 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).
Forms of isometry
- isometries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does isometry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their preimages.
Isometry is to metric spaces what isomorphism is to groups.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Isometry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A function:
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.
Where does isometry come from?
From New Latin isometria, from Ancient Greek ἰσομετρία (isometría), from ἰσο- (iso-) + -μετρία (-metría), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ια (-ia, “-y”). Equivalent to iso- + -metry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).