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Meaning of glide reflection | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A transformation consisting of a reflection followed by a translation along the same line.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Thus every function of the form eⁱᵃz + c is the composition of a translation with a reflection and so it is a glide reflection.”
“That turns out to have one small spaceship, moving diagonally up and left at c/14 with period 14 (glide reflection at generation 7):”
“Footprints along a line have glide reflection symmetry.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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