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adjective

characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.

Geometry.

noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by an axis: Points (1, 1) and (1, −1) are symmetrical with respect to the x-axis.

noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same axis.

noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by a point or center: The points (1, 1) and (−1, −1) are symmetrical with respect to (0, 0).

noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same center.

Often, symmetric. Mathematics.

noting a square matrix that is equal to its transpose.

noting a dyad or dyadic that is equal to its conjugate.

noting a relation in which one element in relation to a second implies the second in relation to the first.

Botany.

divisible into two similar parts by more than one plane passing through the center; actinomorphic.

(of a flower) having the same number of parts in each whorl.

Chemistry.

having a structure that exhibits a regular repeated pattern of the component parts.

noting a benzene derivative in which three substitutions have occurred at alternate carbon atoms.

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affecting corresponding parts simultaneously, as certain diseases.

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Also, sym·met·ric.

Origin:
1745–55; symmetr(y) + -ical

Related forms

sym·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb

sym·met·ri·cal·ness, noun

non·sym·met·ri·cal, adjective

un·sym·met·ri·cal, adjective

un·sym·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. balanced, orderly, regular, congruent.

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Example Sentences

Her features are perfectly symmetrical as are her teeth.

Avoid grids that can be divided in two by blackening either two symmetrical squares or the center square.

Some animals, such as jellyfish and sea urchins, are radially symmetrical.

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Her features are perfectly symmetrical as are her teeth.

Avoid grids that can be divided in two by blackening either two symmetrical squares or the center square.

Some animals, such as jellyfish and sea urchins, are radially symmetrical.

Showy, deep pink to red bilaterally symmetrical flowers bloom in profusion near the top of this leafy, several-stemmed plant.

Placing a molecule that's essential to life within a spherically symmetrical one could let researchers learn more about each.

The temple's precise, symmetrical beauty was unmistakable.

It may require pruning from time to time to maintain a pleasingly symmetrical outline.

To ensure the long-term survival of our species, we're genetically predisposed to be attracted to symmetrical faces.

There are two basic kinds of catamarans on the market: symmetrical and asymmetrical.

It's not hypocrisy, it's acknowledging that whites and non-whites are not symmetrical in terms of power.

The buckyball was merely the first in a whole new family of fullerenes, a group of symmetrical carbon-cage molecules.

Flowers small, but organized into larger heads resembling a single, radially symmetrical flower cupped by a ring of green bracts.

Symmetrical faces tend to be judged as more attractive than asymmetrical ones.

The vast crusted salt pan is scored with symmetrical polygonal cracks.

Rockwell speeds the symmetrical flavor of its digital subscriber-line technology.

The key names were scattered around the grid, not symmetrical as they would be now.

Perfectly symmetrical growth is difficult to achieve.

The more symmetrical a person's features are, the more likely he or she is to be perceived as attractive.

Such complex symmetrical mathematical structures could help researchers weave together the physics of particles and forces.

The image reveals that the second jet is perfectly identical to its twin, with symmetrical knots and whorls of material.

They culminate in two strikingly symmetrical clouds of swirling filaments.

For more than a decade he has worked with a single, symmetrical form.

Two of these quarters had been completed, and consisted of five houses arranged around a courtyard in a symmetrical fashion.

People whose brains are too symmetrical are at risk for cognitive problems.

From the air, the mounds were too symmetrical to be natural.

It's all reddish brick and concrete and symmetrical lines, as imaginative as a driveway.

That's why there should not have a symmetrical boon.

Symmetrical wings flank a grand pavilion and arched entryway with a marquee.

Einstein brought in time and showed how it plays a role that is in many ways symmetrical with the three space dimensions.

The first step involves division of the desmid's nucleus, which is located near the center of its symmetrical body.

The target substance must be crystalline with the atoms arranged in the symmetrical manner typical of a crystal.

But they lack the symmetrical simplicity to generate them.

Tiny symmetrical spheres didn't exhibit this lift effect, the team found.

If you loaded spools of ribbon onto the side and then cranked away, the machine created perfectly symmetrical bows.

Engineering a purposeful tilt or asymmetry takes far more design and study than to build a straight symmetrical building.

Symmetrical features would seem a good bet, along with strong immune systems and some types of intelligence.

Some are arranged in symmetrical patterns, others scatter across the paper support and out onto the frame.

By comparison, the symmetrical design of a flapping-wing arrangement can be more efficient.

Perfectly symmetrical snowballs have great appeal to your inner perfectionist.

Leconte constructed a tragic, symmetrical film graced with superb understatement and an eloquently plain visual style.

My photographer friend says that few faces are symmetrical.

Forms a symmetrical pyramid with horizontal branches in regular whorls.

Arrange enough of them in a petal-like, symmetrical arrangement over the bottom, cutting them to fit.

But the recently discovered dolphin also has a pair of stubbier, symmetrical fins near its tail.

Therefore the connection between symmetrical counterparts remains unbroken while jumping into or out of a mirror.

Such symmetrical plotting is the full extent of the film's political and moral concerns.

For the constructor, it has the added advantage of automatically creating symmetrical theme.

Three full stories, the facade is perfectly symmetrical.

Time could still be symmetrical locally based on the local clock and distance from that clock.

Black on white, his lines are neither straight nor symmetrical.

At the gate his caretakers whipped off the camels' capes to display their enchanting necks and undeniably symmetrical humps.

They are made of rough stones laid in the mud, with the usual symmetrical arrangement of doors and niches.

CO2 molecules are so symmetrical that they absorb only two types of photons.

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World English Dictionary

symmetrical (sɪˈmɛtrɪk^əl)

—*adj*
1.	Compare asymmetric possessing or displaying symmetry
2.	maths
	a. (of two points) capable of being joined by a line that is bisected by a given point or bisected perpendicularly by a given line or plane: the points (x, y) and (--x, --y) are symmetrical about the origin
	b. (of a configuration) having pairs of points that are symmetrical about a given point, line, or plane: a circle is symmetrical about a diameter
	c. (of an equation or function of two or more variables) remaining unchanged in form after an interchange of two variables: x + y = z is a symmetrical equation
3.	chem (of a compound) having a molecular structure in which substituents are symmetrical about the molecule
4.	botany another word for isomerous
5.	Also: symmetric (of a disease, infection, etc) affecting both sides of the body or corresponding parts, such as both legs

sym'metrically

—*adv*

sym'metricalness

—n

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symmetric (sĭ-mět'rĭk) or symmetrical

(sĭ-mět'rĭk) Pronunciation Key

Relating to or exhibiting symmetry.
Relating to a logical or mathematical relation between two elements such that if the first element is related to the second element, the second element is related in like manner to the first. The relation a = b is symmetric, whereas the relation a > b is not.

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