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- noun The property of being
self-similar , of having parts that resemble the whole, as afractal has.
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Examples
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The anonymous physicist found relying on African fractals and reflexive theories of self-similarity
Pollock's Last Snowflake Yasmin Elaine Waring 2011
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These packages each include a picture of the package itself and are often cited by writers discussing such pop-math-arcana as recursion, strange loops, self-similarity, and fractals.
Boing Boing 2008
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Images are characterized by areas of self-similarity.
A Message About ID 2007
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Recursiveness will be…principle: The related property, that the component entities resemble in some sense the higher level entities, is called “self-similarity.”
The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009
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A fractal is a geometry that reflects self-similarity at all levels of scale.
Philosophy facilitates the wayfarer’s subsistence Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Since this comes down to math, computers can easily invent self-similarity, and this component has given realism to CGI renderings of rocks, plants, clouds, and water, where the phenomenon appears everywhere.
Self-Similarity in Fractals James Gurney 2009
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Given this, self-similarity carries up and down a recursive hierarchy that is many layers deep.
The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009
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Romanesco broccoli demonstrates the principle of self-similarity even better.
Self-Similarity in Fractals James Gurney 2009
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(Plus, some cool fractal images that demonstrate self-similarity needed in politics.) '
"They're out to get us!" On trust, distrust, and organizing for change 2009
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One of the principles of fractals is the concept of self-similarity.
Self-Similarity in Fractals James Gurney 2009
isoglossian commented on the word self-similarity
The Wiki definition.
April 11, 2009
bilby commented on the word self-similarity
There's a Wikipedia link under the word, isoglossian.
April 11, 2009