isomorphic

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -morphic English isomorphic From iso- + -morphic.

1. Related by an isomorphism; having a structure-preserving one-to-one correspondence.

   “Let A, B be the ordered sets in Figure 10.3. Let C be the direct product of infinitely many copies of the two element chain 2. Then A^C is isomorphic to B^C, but A is not isomorphic to B.”

2. Having a similar structure or function to something that is not related genetically or through evolution.

   “The fact that different structures can be shown to be functionally isomorphic implies that they are analogous, not homologous.”

3. Having identical relevant structure; being structure-preserving while undergoing certain invertible transformations.

   “For example, in so far as written and spoken English are isomorphic (i.e. have the same structure), they are the same language: there is nothing but their structure that they have in common.”

4. Able to run either client-side or server-side.

   “an isomorphic JavaScript app”