English word isometry comes from English iso-, English -metry (Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| iso- | English (eng) | (chemistry) forms terms relating to isomers. (mathematics) forms terms relating to isomorphisms. (organic chemistry) (of an aliphatic compound, especially a fatty acid) Having a branch on the penultimate carbon atom of a chain. (physics) forms terms relating to isotopes. Equal. |
| -metry | English (eng) | Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement. |
| isometry | English (eng) | (mathematics) A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their preimages. |