conformal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈfɔːməl/
ipa: /kənˈfɔɹməl/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məl
Forms: form: more conformal
form: most conformal
Etymology: From conform + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Some are realizable in practical computational times; others giving ‘more conformal’ 3D dose distributions take longer and some invoke technology which is not readily available, such as intensity-modulated fields.
ref: 1993, S. Webb, The Physics of Three Dimensional Radiation Therapy: Conformal Radiotherapy, Radiosurgery and Treatment Planning, IOP Publishing, page 335:
text: CVD^([Chemical Vapor Deposition]) is generally more conformal than physical vapor deposition, meaning that it covers a rough surface relatively uniformly, tracking the morphology rather than resulting in thin, low-quality coatings on vertical walls of the substrate, as is the case for physical vapor deposition methods.
ref: 2007, Angus Rockett, The Materials Science of Semiconductors, Springer, page 573:
text: One method for delivering high doses of radiation to a small area is by using more conformal types of radiotherapy.
ref: 2011, Gregory J. Kubicek, Dwight E. Heron, “Optimizing Treatment Strategies in Recurrent Head and Neck Strategies”, in Dwight E. Heron, Roy B. Tishler, editors, Head and Neck Cancer, Demos Medical Publishing, page 256:
glosses: That conforms, especially to the shape of something.
examples: text: 1991 [Elsevier Science], Roland Schinzinger, Patricio A. A. Laura, Conformal Mapping: Methods and Applications, 2003, Dover, page 508,
This would have been tantamount to a conformal transformation.
text: Let us find all conformal transformations in d dimensions.
ref: 1999, Malte Henkel, Conformal Invariance and Critical Phenomena, Springer, page 46:
text: In regions of S where the packings become more deeply embedded in purely hexagonal generations during refinement, the local dilatation approaches 1 and the maps become progressively more conformal.
ref: 2004, Philip L. Bowers, Kenneth Stephenson, Uniformizing Dessins and Bely? Maps Via Circle Packing, American Mathematical Society, page 77:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: That preserves angles between intersecting curves.
raw_tags: of a transformation
examples: text: On conformal map projections, the scale depends on location only and not direction.
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.
raw_tags: of a map projection
Synonyms: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
word: anthropomorphic
Derived terms: conformal anomaly
conformal antenna
conformal array
conformal chart
conformal coating
conformal connection
conformal equivalence
conformal family
conformal field theory
conformal film
conformal fuel tank
conformal geometry
conformal gravity
conformality
conformal Killing equation
conformal latitude
conformally
conformal map
conformal mapping
conformal map projection
conformal optics
conformal projection
conformal reflection chart
conformal representation
conformal symmetry
conformal tensor
conformal time
conformal transformation
nonconformal
pseudoconformal
quasiconformal
superconformal