Rigid Motion Transformations Vocabulary

Front

What is a rigid motion transformation that 'slides' each point of a figure the same distance and direction?

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Translation

Front

What is a rigid motion transformation that turns a figure on a plane about a fixed point?

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Rotation

Front

What is the fixed point called in a rotation?

Back

Center of rotation

Front

What is the amount of rotation, in degrees, about a fixed point called?

Back

Angle of rotation

Front

What do we call figures that have the same size and shape?

Back

Congruent figures

Front

What are angles that are equal in measure called?

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Congruent angles

Front

What is the term for a transformation that flips a figure over a line?

Back

Reflection

Front

What is the line called that a figure is flipped over in a reflection?

Back

Line of reflection

Front

What is the term for the distance between corresponding points of two congruent figures?

Back

Corresponding sides

Front

What is the term for angles that are in the same position in two different figures?

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Corresponding angles