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# enlargement

«enlargement» in Mova's school dictionary: **The act of making something bigger** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (enlargement, enlargements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The act of making something bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/#m1)

2) A photo that has been printed or made bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/#m2)

3) (maths) A transformation that makes a shape bigger or smaller by a scale factor, keeping its shape the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/#m3)

4) (medicine) A part of the body that has become larger than normal: «enlargement of the heart». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: enlargement by a scale factor — every length is multiplied by the same number (scale factor 2 doubles each side; area becomes 4 times bigger). In art and photography: enlargements of photos. In everyday life: enlargement of a building or a school. Phrases: «scale factor of enlargement», «centre of enlargement», «an enlargement of».

### examples

- Draw an enlargement of the triangle with scale factor 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/#x1)
- Mum framed an enlargement of our wedding photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/#x2)
- The enlargement of the library gave us more room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/#x3)
- In an enlargement, the angles stay the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/#x4)
- The centre of enlargement is the point the shape grows from. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/#x5)
- The doctor noticed an enlargement of his tonsils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/#x6)

### note

Countable. Verb: «enlarge». Maths: with scale factor k, lengths are multiplied by k, area by k × k, and angles do not change. A scale factor between 0 and 1 makes the shape smaller (still called an enlargement in maths).

### In the corpora

- [Out of my straits I called upon the LORD; He answered me with great enlargement.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2137/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enlargement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlargement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.