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.
literature noun [U] (WRITING). B1 written âartistic âworks, âespecially those with a high and âlasting âartistic âvalue: âclassical/âmodern literature Wuthering Heights is a âclassic of âEnglish literature. More examples. 1  He's very â knowledgeable about â German literature.
âº literature A romance is a âstory of âlove between two âpeople, often âcontaining âexciting âevents or âmagic: [C] He is the âsuccessful âauthor of ârollicking âhistorical romances. (Definition of romance from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.