ho·mo·thet·ic

[hoh-muh-thet-ik, hom-uh-]
adjective Geometry.
similar; similarly placed.

Origin:
1875–80; homo- + thetic

ho·moth·e·ty [huh-moth-i-tee, hoh-] , noun
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