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• Glide reflection — In geometry, a glide reflection is a type of isometry of the Euclidean plane: the combination of a reflection in a line and a translation along that line. Reversing the order of combining gives the same result. Depending on context, we may… …   Wikipedia

• glide-reflection plane — veidrodinio slydimo plokštuma statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. glide reflection plane vok. Gleitebene, f; Gleitspiegelebene, f rus. плоскость зеркального скольжения, f; плоскость скользящего отражения, f pranc. plan de réflexion… …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• Glide plane — In crystallography, a glide plane is symmetry operation describing how a reflection in a plane, followed by a translation parallel with that plane, may leave the crystal unchanged. Glide planes are noted by a , b or c , depending on which axis… …   Wikipedia

• glide plane — noun : a crystallographic plane of symmetry that requires identity of the structure of the crystal with its original configuration following the combination of reflection of the crystal across the plane with movement of the structural… …   Useful english dictionary

• glide plane — Crystall. a symmetry element of a space group such that a reflection of the lattice with respect to the plane and a translation of the lattice parallel to the plane bring the lattice back to its original position. [1890 95] * * * …   Universalium

• false glide slope — A characteristic of the glide slope portion of the ILS (instrument landing system), in which one or more false glide slopes at different angles to the horizontal occur well above the true glide slope. This is because of a radiation pattern of the …   Aviation dictionary

• Скользящая симметрия — Скользящая симметрия  изометрия евклидовой плоскости. Скользящей симметрией называют композицию симметрии относительно некоторой прямой и переноса на вектор, параллельный (этот вектор может быть и нулевым). Скользящую симметрию можно… …   Википедия

• Wallpaper group — A wallpaper group (or plane symmetry group or plane crystallographic group) is a mathematical classification of a two dimensional repetitive pattern, based on the symmetries in the pattern. Such patterns occur frequently in architecture and… …   Wikipedia

• Frieze group — A frieze group is a mathematical concept to classify designs on two dimensional surfaces which are repetitive in one direction, based on the symmetries in the pattern. Such patterns occur frequently in architecture and decorative art. The… …   Wikipedia

• Euclidean plane isometry — In geometry, a Euclidean plane isometry is an isometry of the Euclidean plane, or more informally, a way of transforming the plane that preserves geometrical properties such as length. There are four types: translations, rotations, reflections,… …   Wikipedia