Geometry Module 4 Vocabulary-Transformations

Front

A function that turns every point of a pre-image through a specified angle and direction about a fixed point.

Back

Rotation

Front

The length of a vector from the initial point to the terminal point.

Back

Magnitude

Front

When a transformation is applied to a figure and then another transformation is applied to its image.

Back

Composition of Transformations

Front

The original figure in a transformation.

Back

Pre-Image

Front

A function that takes points in the plane as inputs and gives other points as outputs.

Back

Transformation

Front

A transformation that preserves distance and angle measure.

Back

Rigid Motion

Front

A function in which the pre-image is flipped over a line.

Back

Reflection

Front

The composition of a translation followed by a reflection in a line parallel to the translation vector.

Back

Glide Reflection

Front

The new figure in a transformation.

Back

Image

Front

A function in which all of the points of a figure move the same distance in the same direction.

Back

Translation