1 Translating an object means moving it without rotating or reflecting it. You can describe a translation by stating how far it moves an object, and in what direction.  The fourth (and last) type of symmetry is a glide reflection.
A literary description is a text that explains the features of something. A description uses language that helps the readers or listeners to form images in their minds about the thing being described. Descriptions may be of: 1  physical things. 2  cultural events. 3  natural things.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: literature (Noun). The body of all written works. literature (Noun). The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture. literature (Noun). All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject. literature (Noun).