conformal
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English
Definitions
adjective
- That conforms, especially to the shape of something.
- (of a transformation) That preserves angles between intersecting curves.
- (of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.“On conformal map projections, the scale depends on location only and not direction.”
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anthropomorphicconformableconformingpseudoconformalpseudoconformableuniformtruestandardlikehomodoxsimilarcorrespondentstandard-likecongruentcompatibleexactconcordantcongruous