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transformations
Term | Definition |
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PreImage | the original figure or shape |
image | a new figure created from a transformation |
translation | "slides" a figure to a new location (same shape, size, and direction) |
transformation | an operations that maps an original picture onto a new one (translations, reflections, rotations, and dilations) |
reflection | a mirror image or "flip" of the original ( same size, same shape, different direction) |
rotation | when the original figure is "turned" round a fixed point (same size, same shape, different direction) |
dilation | when a figure is stretched (grow) or shrank (shrink) (same shape, same direction, different size) |
scale factor | k = what the dimensions of the preimage is multiplied by to create the image |