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It represents a combined operation of rotation followed by a reflection (mirror plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation). The two operations are taking place consecutively. There exists a rotoreflection axis corresponding to each proper rotation axis.
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Wahab, M.A. (2021). Unit Cell Symmetries and Their Representations. In: Numerical Problems in Crystallography. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9754-1_6
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