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Meaning of conformal gravity

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

conformal

adjective

Definitions

  1. That conforms, especially to the shape of something.

  2. (of a transformation) That preserves angles between intersecting curves.

  3. (of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.

    Example: On conformal map projections, the scale depends on location only and not direction.