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Slide, Flip, and Turn Vocabulary
Slide, Flip, and Turn
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Mathematics
7th Grade
01/12/2011

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Transformation
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The mapping, or movement, of all the points of a figure in a plane according to a common operation.
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Reflection
Definition
A transformation that "flips" a figure over a line of reflection.
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Reflection Line
Definition
A line that acts as a mirror or perpendicular bisector so that corresponding points are the same distance from the mirror.
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Translation
Definition
A transformation that "slides" each point of a figure the same distance in the same direction.
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Rotation
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A transformation that "turns" a figure about a fixed point through a given angle and a given direction.
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Bisector
Definition
A bisector divides a segment or angle into two equal parts.
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Parallel lines
Definition
Two lines are parallel if they lie in the same plane and they do not intersect.
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Perpendicular lines
Definition
Two lines are perpendicular if they intersect to form right angles (90 degrees).
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Congruent
Definition
Having the same size, shape and measure.
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Point
Definition
One of the basic undefined terms of geometry.
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Line
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One of the basic undefined terms of geometry. Traditionally thought of as a set of points that has no thickness but its length goes on forever in two opposite directions.
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