conformal

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保形,保形的,保形剂,共形

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : of, relating to, or noting a map or transformation in which angles and scale are preserved.

The powerful symmetry, known as conformal invariance, is actually a package of three separate symmetries that are all wrapped up within it.
As another illustration we may take the conformal representation of an equilateral triangle upon a half plane.
Such surfaces are capable of a conformal representation on a plane, by which geodesics are represented by straight lines.