"self-similarity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: self-similarities [plural]
Etymology: self- + similarity Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|similarity}} self- + similarity Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: self-similarity Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (property of being self-similar): soběpodobnost [feminine] (Czech), самоподо́бность (samopodóbnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), самоподо́бие (samopodóbije) [neuter] (Russian)

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