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Chapter 7 - Transformations
High School Geometry Transformation Vocabulary
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Mathematics
9th Grade
01/20/2012

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Term
image
Definition
The new figure formed when a figure in a plane can be reflected, rotated, or translated to produce.
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preimage
Definition
The original figure before it is reflected, rotated, or translated in a plane.
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transformation
Definition
The operation that maps, or moves, the preimage onto the image; a reflection, rotation, or translation.
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isometry
Definition
A transformation that preserved lengths.
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reflection
Definition
A transformation where a line acts like a mirror and an image is reflected over the line.
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line of reflection
Definition
The mirror line that reflects a figure over a line.
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line or symmetry
Definition
A figure in the plane that can be mapped onto itself by a reflection in the line.
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rotation
Definition
A transformation in which a figure is turned about a fixed point.
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center of rotation
Definition
The fixed point that a rotation is turned about.
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angle of rotation
Definition
Angle formed by the rays drawn from the center of rotation to a point and its image.
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rotational symmetry
Definition
If a figure can be mapped onto itself by a rotation of 180 degrees or less.
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translation
Definition
A transformation that maps every two points P and Q in the plane to points P' and Q' so that PP' and QQ' are congruent and either parallel or collinear.
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initial point
Definition
The starting point of the vector P in a translation.
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terminal point
Definition
The ending point in vector P of the translation.
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vector
Definition
A quantity that has both direction and magnitude.
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glide reflection
Definition
A transformation in which every point P is mapped onto a point P'' by a translation and then a reflection.
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composition
Definition
When two or more transformations are combined to produce a single transformation.
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component form
Definition
A vector combines the horizontal and vertical components of a translation.
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