Smoothing Options in FCPX Stabilization

Can someone please tell me what the SMOOTHing options refer to? There's Translation, Rotation, and Scale. I can't find anything online or in help videos or aticles referring to what each option corrects. For what motions do you use each one?
I have a bunch of shakey camera footage from my recent ski trip. I cranked everything up to 5. But I don't know if I should just stay at 2.5 etc.
Also, I see that stabilization just zooms in then smooths it out. Seems to work pretty well in sections.
I'm using 1080p 24fps footage. I'm afraid that the zoom in to fix the stability will lead to lower quality.
Is that true? Or is since 1080p so huge I don't need to worry.

Thank you for your quick responses, Andynick. I appreciate them. Since there is so much zooming at times I am having to go back after the initial render to check how excessive it was. Then I re-set the settings. Basically, all my footage will be receiving this stabilizing filter.
But do you or anyone else know the specific things that TRANSLATION, ROTATION, and SCALE corrects?
I have figured out Rotation through trial and error. But I'm still a little lost on Translation and Scale.
"There's Translation, Rotation, and Scale. I can't find anything online or in help videos or aticles referring to what each option corrects. For what motions do you use each one?"

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