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AnielMath8Unit6
Unit 6 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Transformation | A change in the position, shape, or size of a figure. |
Translation | A transformation that moves each point of a figure the same distance and in the same direction. |
Image | The figure you get after a transformation. |
Reflection | A transformation that flips a figure over a line. |
Line of Reflection | The line across which a figure is reflected. |
Reflectional Symmetry | When a figure can be reflected over a line so that it's image matches the original figure. |
Line of Symmetry | Divides a figure into mirror images. |
Rotation | A transformation that turns a figure about a fixed point. |
Center of Rotation | A fixed point about which a figure rotates. |
Angle of Rotation | The number of degrees a figure rotates. |
Rotational Symmetry | If a figure can be rotated 180 degrees or less and exactly match it's original figure. |
Dilation | A transformation in which a figure and it's image are similar. |
Scale Factor | The ratio of the dimension of the new image to the dimension of the original figure in a dilation. |
Enlargement | A dilation with a scale factor greater than 1. |
Reduction | A dilation with a scale factor less than 1. |