# homothetic transformation

> a special geometric transformation that enlarges (increases) or shrinks (diminishes) objects by a scale factor that is the same in all directions according to a centric point

**Wikidata**: [Q583960](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q583960)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homothety)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/homothetic-transformation


## References

1. Nuovo soggettario
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)