self-affinity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition of a fractal whose pieces are scaled by different amounts in the x and y directions, so that self-similarity becomes apparent only after an anisotropic transformation.

Word forms

self-affinity

Etymology

From self- + affinity.

Related words

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