isometricallyadv.
1. In the way of isometric projection.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adverb] > type of projection
orthographically1669
stereographically1679
isometrically1840
1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 492/1 The rhombus representing the inscribed or circumscribing square isometrically projected...The axes of the ellipse and the side of the circumscribing square, when isometrically projected, are as √3: √1: √2.
2. Physiology. Under isometric conditions (see isometric adj. 4).
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adverb] > muscular movement
peristaltically1858
isometrically1920
isotonically1953
1920 Jrnl. Physiol. 54 84 When a muscle is stimulated isometrically it passes gradually into a new elastic condition.
1945 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 144 477 Strings were tied to the tendons and the contractions were recorded isometrically under an initial tension of 50 grams.
1973 Nature 23 Feb. 537/2 The muscle twitch was measured isometrically.
3. Mathematics. By means of or in the manner of an isometry.
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > [adverb]
alternately1570
homographically1859
birationally1915
homoeomorphically1927
homotopically1930
isomorphically1935
homomorphically1941
isometrically1959
symplectically1959
1959 L. F. Boron tr. M. A. Naimark Normed Rings ii. 181 Two normed rings R and R′ are said to be isometrically isomorphic if there exists an isometric isomorphism of R onto R′.
1971 E. C. Dade in M. P. Powell & G. Higman Finite Simple Groups viii. 318 The map ϕ → ϕ* sends x + isometrically into x−.
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