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translation

translation

1 6.8
Moving in a straight line with every part moving the same distance in the same direction
  • noun
  • /trænˈzleɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : traslación
  • The figure illustrates this notion of translation.
  • translation and rotation
  • vertical translation
  • tibial translation

That's cosine of X without the vertical translation, right?

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Examples

  • Then we're talking about the rotations and translations, right?

  • The scanning duration for each level is 12 s, and the speed of vertical translation of the transducer is 15 mm/s.

    Academic text (1997)
  • X scale, vertical translation, and phase shift.

  • Phase shift, vertical translation, and the range.

  • The Lagrangian is translation invariant along the X axis.

  • T = (dx, dy) is the translation vector and R is the rotation matrix.

    Academic text (2016)
  • We further alleviate the degradation of the translation filter caused by inaccurate scale estimation.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The nodes lying on the plane of symmetry were restrained against translation in the global X-direction and rotation about the global Y- and Z-directions.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Two stepping motors located underneath the tank provide the rotational movement and vertical translation, respectively, of an ultrasound transducer.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In mathematics, a translation moves every point of a shape the same distance and direction, resulting in no distortion.

Compounds

machine translation
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A computer program that changes text or speech from one language into another

A wrong or funny use of English on signs and labels

loan translation
  • Specialized
8.1

A word or phrase made by changing each part of a foreign phrase to keep its meaning

How Winding

writhing
6.0
sinuously
1 7.4
curved shape
1 1.9
sliding
2.8
translation
  • Specialized
1 6.8

Surface Forms

translation singular
translations plural

Morphology

translation = translate (semi-transparent) = translate + ion

Formally a nominalization, the physics/mathematics sense ('straight-line movement') is a technical extension of 'to move/carry across' and may be partly inferable but is domain-specific.

Etymology

Translation comes from Latin parts trans- 'across' and a root meaning 'to carry', which you also see in transfer. In physics, a translation is the movement that 'carries' every point of an object 'across' space in the same direction, without turning.