Isometric Transformations. Definition Isometric Transformations are those that preserve shape. If you translate something, the shape will not change. >>>> translated will give you >>>>.
There are three common ones. Translation Rotation See below (left diagram) Reflection
Non Isometric translations These are harder to see and there are many that are not commonly listed. The most common ones are. dilation shear Middle diagram. This is perhaps the most famous shear diagram. It has to do with finding the volume of an irregular figure whose height is a slant. But the basic idea is that you have a shear. Stretch Right diagram.
