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Inversely Similar


InverselySimilar

Two figures are said to be similar when all corresponding angles are equal, and are inversely similar when all corresponding angles are equal and described in the opposite rotational sense.


See also

Directly Similar, Homothetic, Similar

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References

Lachlan, R. "Properties of Two Figures Inversely Similar." §220-222 in An Elementary Treatise on Modern Pure Geometry. London: Macmillian, pp. 138-139, 1893.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Inversely Similar." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/InverselySimilar.html

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