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homothecy vs mapping

mapping vs homothecy

homothecy and mapping both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
homothecy Yes No No No
mapping Yes No No No
As nouns, mapping is a hypernym of homothecy; that is, mapping is a word with a broader meaning than homothecy:
  • homothecy: (mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point.
  • mapping: (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
Other hypernyms of homothecy include function, map, mathematical function, single-valued function.
homothecy (noun) mapping (noun)
(mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point. (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
the process of making maps
(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
Difference between homothecy and mapping

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