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Dimetric vs Isometric - What's the difference?

dimetric | isometric |

As adjectives the difference between dimetric and isometric

is that dimetric is tetragonal while isometric is of, or exhibiting equality in dimensions.

As a noun isometric is

a line connecting isometric points.

dimetric

English

Adjective

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  • (crystallography) tetragonal
  • (technical drawing) axonometric
  • (poetry) exhibiting dimeter

    • isometric

    English

    (wikipedia isometric)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or exhibiting equality in dimensions.
  • Of, or being a geometric system of three equal axes lying at right angles to each other (especially in crystallography).
  • (physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle remains the same. See also:
  • * 2011 ,David Foster Wallace The Pale King , page 10:
    • One of the most effective isometric exercises for the deskbound is to sit up quite straight and tighten the large muscles of the buttocks, holding for a count of eight, then release.
    Antonyms include tonic movements auxotonic and isotonic which are divided into concentric and eccentric.
  • (physics, of a thermodynamic process) Taking place at constant volume because of being confined by rigid boundaries.

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line connecting isometric points.

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