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Symmetric vs Isometric - What's the difference?

symmetric | isometric |

As adjectives the difference between symmetric and isometric

is that symmetric is symmetrical while isometric is of, or exhibiting equality in dimensions.

As a noun isometric is

a line connecting isometric points.

symmetric

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Symmetrical.
  • (set theory) Of a relation R'' on a set ''S'', such that ''xRy'' if and only if ''yRx'' for all members ''x'' and ''y'' of ''S (that is, if the relation holds between any element and a second, it also holds between the second and the first).
    • "Is a sibling of" is a symmetric relation.
  • (cryptography) Using the same key (or keys that are trivially related) for both encryption and decryption.

    • Related terms

    * asymmetric * symmetry

    See also

    * reflexive * transitive

    Anagrams

    * mycterism

    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.

    • Derived terms

    * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line connecting isometric points.

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