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Glide Reflection Construction Symmetries

Definition:  A symmetry is a correspondence of form under some transformation, often on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane or about a center or an axis.  This correspondence may be a congruence, identity or equivalence..

The idea of symmetry is intimately bound up with harmony and balance; rhythm and repetition - essential ingredients of beauty

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