A translation, in mathematics, is moving an object from one location to another without changing its size or shape, or even its orientation with respect to the origin. To change its orientation w.r.t. the origin, (0,0) in a 2-dimensional Euclidean plane, would be a rotation.
Basically, the object slides from one place to another.
This concept is easy to visualize in 2- and 3-dimensional space, but the concept also applies to infinite dimension n-space.
Auto experts recommend rotating your tires every 6,000 miles. Standard tire rotation involves moving the rear tires to the front, and front to rear, but swapping the former front (now rear) tires from left to right. (On front-wheel drive vehicles, the rear tires should instead be swapped from left to right when moves to the front.) An easy diagram is shown here. Some types of tires cannot be rotated, so YMMV.
President Barack Obama was mocked by some for (correctly) suggesting, early in his first term, that ensuring that your tires are properly inflated is an easy, free method of improving fuel economy.
During the 2011 Stanley Cup finals, Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas (the Vezina Trophy winner that season) allowed a Vancouver Canucks goal to lose Game 5, to the later derision of Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo. Luongo “clarified his remarks”:
The two are now teammates with the Florida Panthers.
The panther, when used as a symbol in heraldry, is often portrayed as a ‘panther incensed’ i.e. with flames coming from its mouth and ears in the manner of the legendary beast.
The De Tomaso Pantera (Italian for panther) replaced the De Tomaso Mangusta and was produced from 1971 to 1991. It was powered by a Ford Cleveland 351 V-8. Early Panteras had quality control problems, and Elvis Presley once fired a gun at his Pantera after it would not start.
… and, want to add that mangusta is Italian for mongoose.
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I’ve never heard that term before.
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Aha! I knew I wasn’t making it up.
From the wiki article on Westminster System:
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“Riki-Tiki-Tavi” is a Kipling short story about a mongoose who protects his adopted British family from two cobras.
“The Man Who Would Be King” is an 1888 novella by Rudyard Kipling about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak in Borneo; and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who was granted the title Prince of Ghor in perpetuity for himself and his descendants.
The opening lines of Beowulf refer to Scyld the Scefing, describing his prowess in battle and generosity to his followers, concluding approvingly: “Thæt wæs god cyning!” (“That was a good king!”)
The Latin word for king is *rex *and the Greek word is *βασιλευς *(Basileus), giving rise to two well-known male Christian names.
On the cross of crucifixion for Jesus was the inscription, INRI which stood for Iesu Nazarene Rex Iuda, or, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.
Since Confederation in 1867, Canada has had 4 kings and 2 queens regnant. However, the two queens (Victoria and Elizabeth II) together have reigned for 96 years, well over half of Canada’s existence.
The Commonwealth of Australia has also had female monarchs for more than half of its existence, though at 55% the proportion is not quite as skewed as in Canada. Queen Victoria managed only three weeks as the monarch.
Lake Manicouagan, in Quebec, is an annular lake that is viewable from space. It is sometimes called “The Eye of Quebec.” It is the sixth-largest confirmed impact crater known on earth. The asteroid impact carved a crater 60 miles wide. With erosion, the lake’s diameter is now 45 miles wide.
The famous racehorse Eclipse was named for the annular solar eclipse that occurred on the day it was foaled, 1 April 1764.
Forgo is the only horse to win the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year three years in a row. However, the earlier Horse of the Year Award was won five times by Kelso. Both horses were geldings, so they had long careers since they couldn’t be retired to stud.
Secretariat not only won the Triple Crown of Horseracing, he also set records that still stand today for running all three races–the Kentucky Derby (1:59 2/5), the Preakness Stakes (1:53), and the Belmont Stakes (2:24).
The last National League baseball player to win the Triple Crown (leading the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in) was Joe “Ducky” Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1937. It has been done in the American League no fewer than 6 times since, including twice by Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox and most recently by Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers in 2012.
The batting Triple Crown in baseball has been won six times by a National Leaguer, and ten times by an American Leaguer. Of the six NL crowns, three of them have been won by a St. Louis Cardinal: Medwick, as mentioned above by ElvisL1vies, and two by Rogers Hornsby.
Three of six crowns by a St. Louis Cardinal: quite impressive, as I an SF Giants fan, must admit.
