Scale factor

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A scale factor is a number which scales or multiplies with a quantity.

example the scale factor for:

A cephalopod that was only 1kg got enlarged to a cephalopod that is 2kg therefore the scale factor is 2 because you multiplied the 1kg by 2 to get 2kg.

[edit] See also

• Scale (ratio)
• Scale (map)
• Scales of scale models
• Scale (disambiguation)
• Scaling (geometry)
• Scalar (mathematics)
• Scaling in gravity
• Scaling in statistical estimation
• Scale factor (Universe)

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