homography

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being written in the same way, especially when spelled with the same letters (as with a pair of homonyms), or also as represented with similar or identical glyphs (as with homoglyphs); the state or quality of existing as homographs.
  2. An isomorphism between projective spaces that maps straight lines to straight lines.

Pronunciation

hōmŏʹgrəfĭ /həʊˈmɒɡɹəfɪ/ /hoʊˈmɒɡɹəfi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-homography.wav

Word forms

homography homographies

Etymology

From homo- + -graphy.

Synonyms

projectivity projective transformation projective collineation

Related words

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