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Ratio of Magnification


The constant ratio by which all distances are increased (or decreased) in a similarity. A similarity with ratio of magnification equal to 1 is called an isometry.


See also

Central Dilation, Dilation, Expansion, Geometric Contraction, Isometry, Similar, Similar Triangles, Similarity, Similarity Transformation, Translation

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References

Coxeter, H. S. M. and Greitzer, S. L. Geometry Revisited. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer., p. 94, 1967.

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Ratio of Magnification

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Ratio of Magnification." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/RatioofMagnification.html

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