- homothetic contraction
- мат.гомотетическое сжатие
English-Russian scientific dictionary. 2008.
English-Russian scientific dictionary. 2008.
Homothetic center — In geometry, a homothetic center (also called a center of similarity or a center of similitude) is a point from which at least two geometrically similar figures can be seen as a dilation/contraction of one another. If the center is external , the … Wikipedia
Similarity (geometry) — Geometry = Two geometrical objects are called similar if one is congruent to the result of a uniform scaling (enlarging or shrinking) of the other. One can be obtained from the other by uniformly stretching , possibly with additional rotation,… … Wikipedia