whakaatanga
1. (noun) reflection, representation.
Kei ētahi o ngā mahi toi ka kitea te auaha, te whakaatanga o te ao hurihuri nei. / In some of the art works the creativity can be seen, and the representation of the modern world.
Synonyms: ataata, whakaahuatanga, whakaata, ata, whakaahuahanga
2. (noun) reflection (maths).
Ko te whakaatanga tētahi o ngā panoni matua. Ka huripokina te mātāoroko i te rārangi whakaata. He ōrite te āhua me te rahi o te mātāoroko me te mātātuhi, engari he rerekē te wāhi noho me te ahunga (TRP 2010:320). / Reflection is one of the main transformations. The object is flipped in a mirror line. The object and the image have the same shape and size, but a different position and orientation.
