glide-reflectional symmetry
The symmetry that a figure has if it can be made to fit exactly onto the original when it is translated a given distance at a given direction and then reflected over a line. As in translational symmetry, glide-reflectional symmetry exists only for infinite patterns.

Related Terms: line symmetry, point symmetry, rotational symmetry, symmetry, translational symmetry


 
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