[b]Definition of SIMILAR FIGURES: [/b][br][br]Two figures are said to be similar figures if and only if one figure can be mapped onto the other under 1 (or composition of 2 or more) transformation(s). These transformations include ISOMETRIES (transformations that preserve distance) and NON-ISOMETRIES. (Isometries include: translation by vector, rotation about point, reflection about line, reflection about point. Non-Isometries include: dilation about point.)