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homothetic

homothetic adjective: for a geometric figure that is the image of another figure under an homothety.

Adjective

homothetic (not comparable)

  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

Words formed from homothetic

Questions about homothetic

What does homothetic mean?
Homothetic means for a geometric figure that is the image of another figure under an homothety.
What part of speech is homothetic?
Homothetic is an adjective.

Words near homothetic in the dictionary

  1. homothermal
  2. homothermic
  3. homothermous
  4. homotherms
  5. homothet
  6. homothetic
  7. homothetical
  8. homothetically
  9. homotheticities
  10. homotheticity
  11. homotheties

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