Enlargement
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Enlargement may refer to:
- the growth in membership of political entities:
- Enlargement of the European UnionEnlargement of the European UnionThe Enlargement of the European Union is the process of expanding the European Union through the accession of new member states. This process began with the Inner Six, who founded the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952...
is the political process for integrating countries into the European Union. - Enlargement of the African UnionEnlargement of the African UnionWhen the African Union was founded in 2002, it represented almost the entire African continent. As the successor to the Organisation of African Unity , founded in 1963, its membership was inherited from that body. Currently, the AU has 54 member states...
- Enlargement of the Arab LeagueEnlargement of the Arab LeagueThe Arab League was established in 1945 with 7 founding states, with Egypt at the helm, and today the League has 22 members. The League witnessed 11 enlargements, with the largest in 1971 with four members of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf joining the League.-Future enlargements:Future...
- Enlargement of the United NationsEnlargement of the United NationsThere are currently 193 United Nations member states, each of which is a member of the United Nations General Assembly.The following is a list of United Nations member states arranged in chronological order according to their dates of admission , including former members...
- Enlargement of NATOEnlargement of NATOEnlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is the process of including new member states in NATO. NATO is a military alliance of states in Europe and North America whose organization constitutes a system of collective defence. The process of joining the alliance is governed by Article...
- Enlargement of SwitzerlandEnlargement of SwitzerlandThe enlargement of Switzerland by way of the admission of new cantons to the Swiss Confederation ended in 1815. After a failed attempt of Vorarlberg to join Switzerland in 1919, the idea of resuming Swiss enlargement was revived in 2010 by a parliamentary motion of 28 right-wing members of the...
- History of European Space Agency enlargementHistory of European Space Agency enlargementThe European Space Agency in its current form was founded in 1975 when the European Space Research Organisation merged with the European Launcher Development Organisation . The ESA Convention was signed by the ESRO and ELDO members on 30 May 1975 and by Ireland on 31 December 1975. Canada signed...
- in other contexts:
- In mathematics, an enlargement is a uniform scalingScaling (geometry)In Euclidean geometry, uniform scaling is a linear transformation that enlarges or shrinks objects by a scale factor that is the same in all directions. The result of uniform scaling is similar to the original...
, an example of a Homothetic transformation that increases distances, areas and volumes. - Enlargement (in fiction) is a theme in fiction, especially in science fiction and fantasy.
- An enlargement is a photographic print that is larger than the negative it is printed from, through the use of an enlargerEnlargerAn enlarger is a specialized transparency projector used to produce photographic prints from film or glass negatives using the gelatin silver process, or from transparencies.-Construction:...
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