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self-similarity

Definitions

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  • noun The property of being self-similar, of having parts that resemble the whole, as a fractal has.

Etymologies

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From self- +‎ similarity, or from self-similar +‎ -ity.

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Examples

  • The anonymous physicist found relying on African fractals and reflexive theories of self-similarity

    Pollock's Last Snowflake Yasmin Elaine Waring 2011

  • These packages each include a picture of the package itself and are often cited by writers discussing such pop-math-arcana as recursion, strange loops, self-similarity, and fractals.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Images are characterized by areas of self-similarity.

    A Message About ID 2007

  • Recursiveness will be…principle: The related property, that the component entities resemble in some sense the higher level entities, is called “self-similarity.”

    The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009

  • A fractal is a geometry that reflects self-similarity at all levels of scale.

    Philosophy facilitates the wayfarer’s subsistence Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Since this comes down to math, computers can easily invent self-similarity, and this component has given realism to CGI renderings of rocks, plants, clouds, and water, where the phenomenon appears everywhere.

    Self-Similarity in Fractals James Gurney 2009

  • Given this, self-similarity carries up and down a recursive hierarchy that is many layers deep.

    The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009

  • Romanesco broccoli demonstrates the principle of self-similarity even better.

    Self-Similarity in Fractals James Gurney 2009

  • (Plus, some cool fractal images that demonstrate self-similarity needed in politics.) '

    "They're out to get us!" On trust, distrust, and organizing for change 2009

  • One of the principles of fractals is the concept of self-similarity.

    Self-Similarity in Fractals James Gurney 2009

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  • The Wiki definition.

    April 11, 2009

  • There's a Wikipedia link under the word, isoglossian.

    April 11, 2009