geomatry volume 2 vocab

center of dilation

• segment that connects the midpoints of the legs of a triangle

• nonrigid transformation that enlarges/reduces the size of a geometric figure.

• center point from which dilations are performed

• transformation that changes dimensions of a given figure

dilation

• center point from which dilations are performed

• - nonrigid transformation that enlarges/reduces the size of a geometric figure.

• segment that connects the midpoints of the legs of a triangle

• scale factor between 2 similar polygons

midsegment of a triangle

• segment that connects the midpoints of the legs of a triangle

• transformation that changes the dimensions of a given figure

• ratio of a length of an image to a corresponding length on the preimage.

• dilation with a scale factor between 0-1

nonrigid transformation-

• transformation that changes the dimensions of a given figure

• triangle in which all corresponding angles are congruent and all corresponding sides are proportional

• 2 figiures are similar polygons if 1 can be obtained by a dilation or a dilation with 1 or more rigid transformations

• dilation greater than 1

enlargement

• ration of a length on an image to a corresponding length on the preimage

• nonrigid transformation that enlarges/ reduces the size of a geometric figure

• dilation with a scale factor greater then 1

• center point which dilations are performed

reduction

• transformation that changes the dimensions of a given figure

• dilation with a scale factor greater than 1

• scale factor between 2 similar polygons

• dilation with a scale factor between 0-1

scale factor of a dilation

• 2 figures are similar polygons if one can be obtained by a dilation or a dilation with one or more rigid transformations

• ratio of a length on an image to a corresponding length on the preimage

• transformation that changes dimensions of a given figure

• transformation composed of a dilation or a dilation of one and more transformations

similar polygons

• transformation composed of a dilation or a dilation of one and more transformations

• 2 figures are similar polygons if one can be obtained by a dilation or a dilation with 1 or more rigid transformations

• dilation with a scale factor between 0-1

• scale factor between 2 similar polygons

similar triangle

• triangles in which the corresponding angles are congruent ad the corresponding sides are proportional

• transformation composed of a dilation or a dilation of one and more transformations

• segment that connects midpoints of legs of a triangle

• center point in which dilations are performed

similar ratio

• dilation with a scale factor greater then 1

• transformation that changes dimensions of a given figure

• scale factor between 2 similar polygons

• ratio of a length on an image to a corresponding length on the preimage