---
tag: 0167F9B344
kind: concept
name: Glide reflection
aliases: [transflection]
msc: [51F20]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glide_reflection
    locator: lead section
same_as:
  wikidata: Q876450
  wikipedia: Glide reflection
---

## Summary

A glide reflection is a reflection in a hyperplane followed by a translation parallel to that hyperplane. In the plane, it is a reflection in a line followed by a shift along that line.