self-similarity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swé?

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *selbaz

Old English self

Old English self-

Middle English self-

English self-

English similarity

English self-similarity

From self- + similarity.

Noun

self-similarity (countable and uncountable, plural self-similarities)

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

Translations

property of being self-similar

• Czech: soběpodobnost f
• Greek: αυτοομοιότητα (el) f (aftoomoiótita)
• Russian: самоподо́бность f (samopodóbnostʹ), самоподо́бие (ru) n (samopodóbije)
• Spanish: autosimilaridad f