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The '''scale ratio''' of a [[model]] represents the [[Proportionality (mathematics)|proportional ratio]] of a linear dimension of the model to the same feature of the original. | The '''scale ratio''' of a [[model]] represents the [[Proportionality (mathematics)|proportional ratio]] of a linear dimension of the model to the same feature of the original. | ||
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| + | [[Scale]] is a measure of [[proportion]]. | ||
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| + | Scale is a critical factor in many areas of technology, art, and life. | ||
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Revision as of 11:42, 26 January 2016
The scale ratio of a model represents the proportional ratio of a linear dimension of the model to the same feature of the original.
Contents
Scale is a measure of proportion.
Scale is a critical factor in many areas of technology, art, and life.
See Software development and scale.
Description
Examples include a 3-dimensional scale model of a building or the scale drawings of the elevations or plans of a building.
In such cases the scale is dimensionless and exact throughout the model or drawing.
The scale can be expressed in four ways: in words (a lexical scale), as a ratio, as a fraction and as a graphical (bar) scale. Thus on an architect's drawing one might read
'one centimetre to one metre' or 1:100 or 1/100 and a bar scale would also normally appear on the drawing.
See also
- Exponentiation
- Fractal
- Golden ratio
- Mathematics
- Measurement
- Model
- Power of two
- Proportionality (mathematics)
- Scalability
- Scaling (geometry)
External links
- Scale (ratio) @ Wikipedia
