symmetry group

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group whose elements are all the transformations under which a given object remains invariant and whose group operation is function composition.

Word forms

symmetry group symmetry groups

Synonyms

full symmetry group

Related words

isometry group Lie group

Derived words

discrete symmetry group proper symmetry group
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