Transformations Vocabulary

A change in the position, size, or shape of a figure

• transformation

• reflection

• dilation

• movement

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

The resulting figure after a transformation

• translation

• pre-image

• image

• transformation

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

The original figure before a transformation

• similar

• image

• dilation

• pre-image

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

A plane with an x-axis and y-axis used to plot points

• grid

• graph

• coordinate plane

• quadrant

Tags

CCSS.5.G.A.1

A slide; moving a figure without rotating or flipping it

• reflection

• rotation

• dilation

• translation

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

Turning a figure around a fixed point

• rotation

• translation

• dilation

• reflection

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

Flipping a figure over a line (line of reflection)

• rotation

• translation

• reflection

• dilation

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

Enlarging or reducing a figure proportionally from a center point

• translation

• rotation

• reflection

• dilation

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

A transformation that preserves distance and angle measures (translation, rotation, reflection).

• all transformations

• movement

• rigid transformation

• dilation

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

Figures that have the same size and shape

• congruent

• similar

• dilation

• graphing

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.2