CODE Vocabulary 2.5.1-15
This week’s words… Dilation Similar Scale factor Collinear Enlarge/reduce
Dilation To resize something. In Mathematics it means to make larger or smaller.
Same shape, different size. Proportional Similar Same shape, different size. Proportional
Scale Factor In two similar geometric figures, the ratio of their corresponding sides. Multiplied by side lengths
Collinear Two or more points that lie on the same line
Enlarge/Reduce To make the same shape proportionally bigger or smaller.