Translation (physics)
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In physics, a translation is the operation changing the positions of all objects according to the formula
where (Δx,Δy,Δz) is a constant vector. Such an operation can be generalized to other coordinates, for example the time coordinate.
Because of Noether's theorem, the translational symmetry is equivalent to momentum conservation.
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