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📚 Glossary Term

Translation

📖
Definition A transformation that slides a figure without turning, flipping, or resizing it.

🧒 In Simple Words

A translation moves a shape from one place to another without changing it.

📌 Example

Moving a triangle 3 units right and 2 units up is a translation.

âœī¸ Use It in a Sentence

"The rectangle was mapped onto the next one with a translation."

🔗 Related Terms

ReflectionRotationCongruent Figures