The symmetry that a figure has if it can be made to fit exactly onto the original when it is translated a given distance at a given direction and then reflected over a line. As in translational symmetry, glide-reflectional symmetry exists only for infinite patterns.
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Literature according to oxford dictionary is a piece or pieces of writing that are valued as work of arts such as novels, poems and plays. Literally, literature is defined as âacquaintance with lettersâ. It is known as the art of written work.