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glide: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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glide1 CONSTRUCTGlide reflectionGLIDE REFLECTION

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Geometry

a rigid motion that reflects a figure across a line and then slides it along that line.

In geometry, a glide reflection is the rigid motion that reflects a figure across a line and then slides it along that same line, a single symmetry operation combining a reflection with a translation. It is one of the four types of isometry of the plane and is the symmetry behind a trail of alternating left and right footprints. Coxeter's Introduction to geometry treats glide reflection among the plane isometries. The referent is a specific distance-preserving transformation, and it is a different construct from an aircraft's unpowered descent or a transitional speech sound, joined only by the word glide.[1]

Unit
An isometry: a reflection composed with a translation along the mirror line
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Not applicable; specified by its mirror line and its glide (translation) vector

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References

  1. Coxeter, H. S. M. (1989). Introduction to geometry (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471504580

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