the transporting of students by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school. Origin Expand 1885-90; bus 1 (v.) + -ing 1, spelled irregular with single s, perhaps to avoid association with buss
Translational symmetry of an object means that a particular translation does not change the object. For a given object, the translations for which this applies form a group, the symmetry group of the object, or, if the object has more kinds of symmetry, a subgroup of the symmetry group. 1 Geometry.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: translation (Noun). The act of converting or translating (text from one language to another). translation (Noun). The end result of translating text. translation (Noun).Translation of forces in a gearbox. translation (Noun). Motion of a body on a linear path, without deformation or rotation, i.e. such that every part of the body moves at the same speed and in the same direction; also (in physics), the linear motion of a body considered independently of its rotation.ranslation (Noun). Translation of forces in a gearbox. translation (Noun). Motion of a body on a linear path, without deformation or rotation, i.e. such that every part of the body moves at the same speed and in the same direction; also (in physics), the linear motion of a body considered independently of its rotation.