Meaning of glide reflection | Babel Free
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.