conformal

adj

1. That conforms, especially to the shape of something.

   “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.”

   “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.”

   “One method for delivering high doses of radiation to a small area is by using more conformal types of radiotherapy.”

2. That preserves angles between intersecting curves.

   “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.”

   “Let us find all conformal transformations in d dimensions.”

   “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.”

3. That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.

   “On conformal map projections, the scale depends on location only and not direction.”