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nekehanga

1. (noun) moving, shifting, relocating, movement.

E rua rawa ngā nekehanga o tēnei whare (TTR 1990:377). / This house has been moved twice.

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Synonyms: pānekeneke, hikohiko, kori, whakanekeneke, korikori, whakatakataka, whakaoreore, nukunuku, panuku, wana, whakaaroha, whakaneke, whakaaroharoha


2. (noun) translation (maths).

Ko te nekehanga tētahi o ngā panoni matua. I tēnei panoni, he ōrite te kōneke i ia pūwāhi o te mātāoroko, kāore he huringa. Ko te ahunga me te tawhiti o te kōneke hei whakaahua i te nekehanga (TRP 2010:180). / Translation is one of the main transformations. Each point of an object slides without turning. The slide is described with a direction and distance (TRP 2010:180).

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tito nekehanga

1. (noun) choreography.

Kātahi te rerehua o tana tito nekehanga mō ngā kanikani o roto i te whakaari (RMR 2017). / How aesthetically pleasing her choreography is for the dances in the play.

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kaitito nekehanga

1. (noun) choreographer.

pūkete nekehanga

1. (noun) movement vocabulary, dance vocabulary.

Ko te pūkete nekehanga ngā momo nekehanga a te kaikanikani takitahi, a te rōpū kanikani, a tētahi momo kanikani rānei pērā i te hipihope (RMR 2017). / Movement vocabulary are the types of movements associated with an individual dancer, with a dance ensemble, or with a dance genre such as hip-hop (RMR 2017).

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whakaata nekehanga

1. (noun) glide reflection.

He momo panoni te whakaata nekehanga. Ko te whakaata me te neke i tētahi āhua. He whakarara te ahu o te neke ki te rārangi whakaata (TRP 2010:321). / Glide reflection is a type of transformation. An object is reflected and translated. The direction of the translation is parallel with the mirror line.

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mātātuhi nekehanga

1. (noun) translated image.

tukanga tito nekehanga

1. (noun) choreographic process.

Kāore rātou i āta whai i tētahi tukanga tito nekehanga, he tene katoa ā rātou kanikani (RMR 2017). / They didn't follow carefully a choreographic process, their dances were all impromptu.

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nuka tito nekehanga

1. (noun) choreographic device.

Ko ngā nuka tito nekehanga ngā momo rautaki ka whakamahia e te kaitito nekehanga, pēnei i te tāruarua, te tāwhai, te huripoki, te huri kōaro, te tāpiripiri me te whakakaurahi (RMR 2017). / Choreographic device are the strategies used by a choreographer, such as repetition, imitation, inversion, retrograde, accumulation and augmentation (RMR 2017).

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