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


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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