SIMILARITY

Similarity

Two geometrical objects are called similar if they both have the same shape, or one has the same shape as the mirror image of the other. More precisely, one can be obtained from the other by uniformly scaling, possibly with additional translation, rotation and reflection. This means that either object can be rescaled, repositioned, and reflected, so as to coincide precisely with the other object. If two objects are similar, each is congruent to the result of a uniform scaling of the other.

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similarity

Noun

  1. Closeness of appearance to something else.
  2. The relation of sharing properties.
    Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. — Sir W. Hamilton.


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