Does dilation mean bigger or smaller?

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Does dilation mean bigger or smaller?

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it can mean both it just depends on the context for example when someone’s eyes dilate they get bigger but in math it can mean either bigger or smaller depending on the scale factor k

Adaeze answered Jun 22, 2023

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