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conformal

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con⋅for⋅mal

  [kuhn-fawr-muhl]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or noting a map or transformation in which angles and scale are preserved.
Origin:
1640–50; < LL confōrmālis of the same shape. See con-, formal 1
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con·for·mal   (kən-fôr'məl)   
adj.  

  1. Mathematics Designating or specifying a mapping of a surface or region upon another surface so that all angles between intersecting curves remain unchanged.

  2. Of or relating to a map projection in which small areas are rendered with true shape.


[Late Latin cōnfōrmālis, similar : Latin com-, com- + Latin fōrma, shape.]
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