In mathematics, reflection symmetry, line symmetry, mirror symmetry, or mirror-image symmetry is symmetry with respect to a reflection. That is, a figure...

transformation, it is said to have symmetry, and the transformation is called a symmetry operation. Glide-reflection symmetry is seen in frieze groups (patterns...

larger portions. Other symmetries include glide reflection symmetry (a reflection followed by a translation) and rotoreflection symmetry (a combination of...

geometry, an object has symmetry if there is an operation or transformation (such as translation, scaling, rotation or reflection) that maps the figure/object...

mathematics, a dihedral group is the group of symmetries of a regular polygon, which includes rotations and reflections. Dihedral groups are among the simplest...

point reflection is said to possess point symmetry (also called inversion symmetry or central symmetry). A point group including a point reflection among...

simultaneous flip in the sign of all three spatial coordinates (a point reflection or point inversion): P : ( x y z ) ↦ ( − x − y − z ) . {\displaystyle...

symmetry of X. The above is sometimes called the full symmetry group of X to emphasize that it includes orientation-reversing isometries (reflections...

{\displaystyle {\tfrac {360^{\circ }}{n}}.} ⁠ Examples without additional reflection symmetry: n = 2, 180°: the dyad; letters Z, N, S; the outlines, albeit not...

patterns have more forms of symmetry, including some rotational and reflectional symmetries: Example A: Cloth, Tahiti Example B: Ornamental painting, Nineveh...

has a continuous symmetry given by rotation about the axis through the top of the hill (as well as a discrete symmetry by reflection through any radial...

have an axis of reflection symmetry aligned with the gridlines. Their symmetry group has two elements, the identity and the reflection in a line parallel...

continuous symmetry is an intuitive idea corresponding to the concept of viewing some symmetries as motions, as opposed to discrete symmetry, e.g. reflection symmetry...

folded in half. Symmetry is one class of patterns in nature whereby there is near-repetition of the pattern element, either by reflection or rotation. While...

energy is preserved under a reflection in the y-axis. The last example above illustrates another way of expressing symmetries, namely through the equations...

an axis. The main types of axial symmetry are reflection symmetry and rotational symmetry (including circular symmetry for plane figures). For example...

(or orientation-preserving) symmetries, and 48 symmetries altogether. These include transformations that combine a reflection and a rotation. A cube has...

) through a centre of symmetry + / − {\displaystyle +/-} is the reflection symmetry along an arbitrary plane containing the internuclear axis For atoms...

have an axis of reflection symmetry aligned with the gridlines. Their symmetry group has two elements, the identity and the reflection in a line parallel...

has four axes of reflection symmetry, aligned with the gridlines and the diagonals, and rotational symmetry of order 4. Its symmetry group, the dihedral...

degrees rotation or reflection parallel or perpendicular to the long axis of the dihex (order 2 rotational and order 4 reflection symmetry), and the hexagon...

diagonal reflection symmetry, and four-fold rotational symmetry T: vertical reflection symmetry only L: no symmetry S: two-fold rotational symmetry only One-sided...

that is unchanged by a combination of rotation and reflection is said to have improper rotation symmetry. In 3 dimensions, improper rotation is equivalently...

from the lengths of the legs and base. Every isosceles triangle has reflection symmetry across the perpendicular bisector of its base, which passes through...

their lack of translational symmetry, Penrose tilings may have both reflection symmetry and fivefold rotational symmetry. Penrose tilings are named after...

reflection symmetry on one orthogonal axis. reflection symmetry on two orthogonal axes. reflection symmetry on one diagonal axis. reflection symmetry...

rotational (or orientation-preserving) symmetries, and a symmetry order of 24 including transformations that combine a reflection and a rotation. The group of all...

Euclidean geometry, a kite is a quadrilateral with reflection symmetry across a diagonal. Because of this symmetry, a kite has two equal angles and two pairs...

operations including impossible objects, explorations of infinity, reflection, symmetry, perspective, truncated and stellated polyhedra, hyperbolic geometry...

have an axis of reflection symmetry aligned with the gridlines. Their symmetry group has two elements, the identity and the reflection in a line parallel...