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恒等変換 (こうとうへんかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

恒こう等とう変へん換かん

Meanings

1

noun

identity transformation

mathematics

A mathematical term for a transformation that maps every element to itself.

恒こう等とう変へん換かんは、すべての点てんを動うごかさない変へん換かんです。
An identity transformation is a transformation that does not move any point.

Kanji

恒constancy, always
等etc., and so forth, class (first)
変unusual, change, strange
換

interchange, period, change

Etymology

Compound of 恒等 (identity, equality) and 変換 (transformation). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is used in modern mathematics.