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There are four main types of geometric transformations: rotation, translation, dilation, and reflection. Rotation involves rotating an object around a fixed point without changing its size or shape. Translation moves an object through space but keeps its size, shape, and orientation the same. Dilation enlarges or reduces an object's size while maintaining its shape. Reflection flips an object across a line, also known as a mirror line, without changing its size. Geometric transformations can change the appearance of an object but still allow relationships between the original and transformed images to be determined.

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Transformation 3

There are four main types of geometric transformations: rotation, translation, dilation, and reflection. Rotation involves rotating an object around a fixed point without changing its size or shape. Translation moves an object through space but keeps its size, shape, and orientation the same. Dilation enlarges or reduces an object's size while maintaining its shape. Reflection flips an object across a line, also known as a mirror line, without changing its size. Geometric transformations can change the appearance of an object but still allow relationships between the original and transformed images to be determined.

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Transformations

The geometric transformation is a bijection of a set that has a geometric structure by itself or
another set. If a shape is transformed, its appearance is changed. After that, the shape could be
congruent or similar to its preimage. The actual meaning of transformations is a change of
appearance of something. There are basically four types of transformations:

• Rotation
• Translation
• Dilation
• Reflection

Definition of Transformations
Transformations could be rigid (where the shape or size of preimage is not changed) and non-
rigid (where the size is changed but the shape remains the same). These are basic rules which are
followed in this concept. To transform 2d shapes, it is an easy method.
The transformation can be categorized by the dimensions of the operand sets, distinguishing
between planar transformations and spaces. They can also be classified on their properties.

After all the transformations, these shapes still has the same size, angles, lengths and area.

Types of Transformations
When the size of a shape is increased or reduced then the image of the shape will be similar to
the pre-image. The similar figures have dimensions equal in proportion.
But in the case of congruent, the transformation of objects is done by using rotation, reflection or
translation. The shape is turned or flipped to transform into another shape.
There are four major types of transformations namely:

• Rotation
• Translation
• Dilation
• Reflection
Also, read:

• 3d Shapes
• Conversion of One Shape to Another
• Geometric Shapes

Rotation
This type of transformation has an object about a fixed point without changing its size or shape.

In the above figure, you can see, that the shape is rotated to form its image.
Learn more about rotation here.

Translation
This type of translation is defined as moving the object in space by keeping its size, shape or
orientation constant. In a translation, each point of the shape must be moved in the same
direction and for the same distance. When you are doing a translation, the primary object is
called the pre-image, and the object after the translation is called the image.
Dilation
This type of translation expands or contracts the object by keeping its orientation or shape the
same. This is also known as resizing.

Reflection
This type of translation is called reflection because it flips the object across a line by keeping its
shape or size constant.
Transformation Geometry
Transformations

Transformation means to change. Hence, a geometric transformation would


mean to make some changes in any given geometric shape.

Types of Transformations:
Based on how we change a given image, there are five main transformations.

1. Translation happens when we move the image without changing anything


in it. Hence the shape, size, and orientation remain the same.

For example:

The given shape in blue is shifted 5 units down as shown by the red arrow,
and the transformed image formed is shown in maroon. Also, moving the blue
shape 7 units to the right, as shown by a black arrow, gives the transformed
image shown in black.
2. Rotation is when we rotate the image by a certain degree.

For example: On rotation of the blue image by 90º, we get the red image.

3. Reflection is when we flip the image along a line (the mirror line). The
flipped image is also called the mirror image

For example: For the given picture with the mirror line, the blue image is one
unit away from the mirror line, and the mirror image (red image) formed will
also be a unit away from the mirror line.
4. Dilation is when the size of an image is increased or decreased without
changing its shape.

For example: For the given blue image the red image will be a dilated one.

5. Glide Reflection is when the final image which we get from reflection is
translated.

For example: Reflect the given image along the black axis and then move it 6
units down. The glide reflection of the blue image is the green image.

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