Before we examine Emmet's theory, we must clarify the concept of 'internal symmetry.'
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Symmetry
//ˈsɪmɪtɹi//
Synonyms for "symmetry" (116 found)
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2 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 50 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συμμετρία noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Arabic
1 entries- تَنَاظُر noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Belarusian
1 entries- сіме́трыя noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Bulgarian
1 entries- симе́трия noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Catalan
1 entries- simetria noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 和諧 /和谐 noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
- 對稱 /对称 noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- 對稱性 /对称性 noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- 平衡美 noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Czech
2 entries- souměrnost noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- symetrie noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Danish
1 entries- symmetri noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Dutch
1 entries- symmetrie noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Esperanto
1 entries- simetrio noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Estonian
1 entries- sümmeetria noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Finnish
2 entries- symmetria noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- tasapaino noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
French
2 entries- symétrie noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- symétrie noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Galician
2 entries- simetría noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- simetría noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Georgian
2 entries- სიმეტრია noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- სიმეტრია noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
German
1 entries- Symmetrie noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Greek
1 entries- συμμετρία noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻālikelike noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Hindi
1 entries- सममिति noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Hungarian
1 entries- szimmetria noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Indonesian
2 entries- simetri noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
- simetris noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Irish
2 entries- siméadracht noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- siméadracht noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Italian
2 entries- simmetria noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- simmetria noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Japanese
3 entries- シンメトリー noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- 対称 noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- 対称性 noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Kazakh
1 entries- симметрия noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Korean
2 entries- 대칭 noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- 대칭성 noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Latin
1 entries- symmetria noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Latvian
1 entries- simetrija noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Lithuanian
1 entries- simetrija noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Macedonian
2 entries- симе́трија noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- симе́трија noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Māori
2 entries- hangarite noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- hangarite noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- symmetri noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- symmetri noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اعتدال noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Persian
1 entries- تقارن noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Polish
2 entries- symetria noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- symetria noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Portuguese
2 entries- simetria noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- simetria noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Romanian
1 entries- simetrie noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Russian
2 entries- симме́трия noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- симме́трия noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- simètrija noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- simètrija noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Sikkimese
1 entries- ཆ་མཉམ noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Slovak
2 entries- symetria noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- súmernosť noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Slovene
2 entries- simetrija noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
- simetrija noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
Spanish
1 entries- simetría noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Swedish
1 entries- symmetri noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Tagalog
1 entries- parianyo noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Telugu
1 entries- సౌస్టవం noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Thai
2 entries- ความสมดุล noun (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)
- ความสมมาตร noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Ukrainian
1 entries- симе́трія noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự đối xứng noun (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
By architectural symmetry, Emmet means geometric symmetry combined with aesthetic uniformity.
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Symmetry is boring.
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Did you know that, in French, one doesn't hear the difference between "the symmetry" and "the asymmetry"?
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