Pronunciation: - ˌ si-m ə - ' la-r ə -t ē
Function: noun
Date: 1967
: the quality or state of having an appearance that is invariant upon being scaled larger or smaller <magnify the fractal and you can see the self-similarity of its edge>
– self-sim · i · lar \ - ' si-m ə -l ə r, - ' sim-l ə r \ adjective