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homotethy

homotethy is the misspelling of homothety.

Meaning of homothety

Noun

homothety (plural homotheties)

  1. An isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point.
    • The product of two homotheties with the same centre is a homothety with that centre.1927, Henry George Forder, The Foundations of Euclidean Geometry, page 178
    Synonyms:
    homothecy, homogeneous dilation, homothetic transformation
  2. (commutative algebra) A homomorphism from a module M over a ring A to itself of the form ν:x↦ax for some fixed a∈A (especially when M=A; a is said to be the ratio of the homothety, by analogy with the geometric case).

Questions about homotethy

What is homotethy the misspelling of?
Homotethy is the misspelling of homothety.

Words near homotethy in the dictionary

  1. homotaxy
  2. homotelechelic
  3. homotelomeric
  4. homoterpene
  5. homoterpenes
  6. homotethy
  7. homotetramer
  8. homotetrameric
  9. homotetramerization
  10. homotetramerizing
  11. homotetramers

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