translation

Definitions of translation
  1. noun
    a uniform movement without rotation
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    types:
    déplacement
    an event in which something is displaced without rotation
    amplitude
    (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
    type of:
    changement de lieu, déplacement
    a movement through space that changes the location of something
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