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Symmetry

//ˈsɪmɪtɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions wordnet
  3. 3
    The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole. countable, uncountable

    "She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry."

  4. 4
    (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane wordnet
  5. 5
    balance among the parts of something wordnet

Etymology

From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, sym- + -metry.

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