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Dilation of a Geometric Figure

Dilation of a Geometric Figure

A transformation in which all distances are lengthened by a common factor. This is done by stretching all points away from some fixed point P.

 

Point P, a small pre-image arrow shape, and a larger image arrow shape showing dilation stretching from fixed point P.

 

 

See also

Dilation, dilation of a graph, compression of a geometric figure, pre-image, image