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Transformation vocab
Term | Definition |
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Transformation | a dramatic change in form or appearence |
reflection | a transformation in which a figure is reflected in a line called the line of reflection creat |
rotation | the conceptual operation of turning a system around an axis. |
translation | movement of a body from one point of space to another such that every point of the body moves in the same direction and over the same distance, without any rotation, reflection, or change in size. |
center of rotation | n a rotation, the point that does not move. The rest of the plane rotates around this one fixed point. |
image | a point or set formed by mapping from another point or set. |
line of symetry | Another name for reflection symmetry. One half is the reflection of the other half. The "Line of Symmetry" (shown here in white) is the imaginary line where you could fold the image and have both halves match exactly. |
line symetry | |
rotational symetry | An object has rotational symmetry if there is a center point around which the object is turned (rotated) a certain number of degrees and the object looks the same. |
tessalation | a covering of an infinite geometric plane without gaps or overlaps by congruent plane figures of one type or a few types. |