dilation
- noun
- /daɪˈleɪʃən/
- Formal
:
exposición
- In the dilations lesson, this occurred when students applied the mathematical relationships they discovered to unique situations, testing and modifying their hypotheses as they transferred it to other polygons.
Examples
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During the conference, several experts provided their insights in a comprehensive dilation on renewable energy solutions.
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The professor delivered a detailed dilation on the impact of climate change on global ecosystems.
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Must a student know about degenerate matter, cooling flows, time dilation, and tektites?
Academic text (1996) -
The lesson's goal (learning target) states that all students will be able to describe how the properties of polygons are affected by dilations.
Academic text (2009) -
We will use the sample mathematics lesson on dilations as the basis for our analysis as we consider how this backwards lesson planning model can be utilized in one's own practice.
Academic text (2009) -
Students use this information to make comparisons about how the properties of a rectangle change after a dilation of D2, D3, and D4.
Academic text (2009) -
These activities were carefully crafted to ensure student success in completing the "discovery task" (when students transferred their understandings of dilations to other polygons).
Academic text (2009) -
Her dilation on the history of art movements included examples from various cultures and periods.
Synonyms
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1.8
A speech given to an audience
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5.5
A clear explanation of an idea or subject that makes it easy to understand
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9.7
A formal serious talk about a specific topic
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5.6
Giving more detail to make something clearer
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3.5
Serious conversation that looks closely at important or difficult ideas
Talking or writing for a long time with many details
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.6
A procedure that widens the opening of the womb and scrapes its lining to remove tissue
How Detailed
- Formal
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8.4
16
5.5
- Formal
∞
1.4
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1.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dilation also comes from the Latin root latus 'wide' and once meant 'to spread out', so a spoken or written dilation is like 'spreading' your words into a long, detailed talk.