Translation or translation is a term that refers to movement and change. It is a concept directly related to several scientific disciplines. In fact, there is translation in geometry, in physics or in relation to the movements of the Earth.
The translation of the Earth
As we all know, the Earth performs two types of movements: it moves on itself and makes another movement around the Sun. The first is known as rotational movement and the second is the translational movement.
At the same time that our planet rotates on itself, it also rotates around the Sun. It takes the Earth a full year to go around the Sun. This implies that the translational movement is what gives rise to the different seasons of the year. , while the rotational movement is what produces the change between night and day.
In the translational movement, the path that the Earth travels around the Sun is known as Earth's orbit and during this period of time the four seasons develop (spring goes from March 21 to June 20, summer elapses between June 21 and September 21, fall runs from September 22 to December 21 and winter occurs between December 22 and March 20).
If we divide the Earth's orbit into two axes, each of them corresponds to two solstices, the summer solstice and the winter solstice (the longest day of the year occurs on the first day of the summer solstice and on the first day the winter solstice is the longest night).
Translation in geometry
When we slide a geometric figure in a straight line, a translation occurs, that is, the position of a figure changes but not its size or shape. A translation has, therefore, the following elements: the sense, the magnitude and the direction.
Meaning refers to the movement can be to the right, left, up or down. Magnitude refers to the distance a geometric figure travels. Direction refers to horizontal or vertical movement.
Other senses of translation
In the sphere of mathematics there is the translation of complex numbers. On the other hand, any planet has its own translational movements (the Earth, the Moon and the Sun). The idea of translation also serves to express the application of a model of something to another context (for example, the translation of the Argentine soccer model to English soccer).
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