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symmetrize

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sym⋅me⋅trize

[sim-i-trahyz]
–verb (used with object), -trized, -triz⋅ing.
to reduce to symmetry; make symmetrical.
Also, especially British, sym⋅me⋅trise.


Origin:
1780–90; symmetr(y) + -ize


sym⋅me⋅tri⋅za⋅tion, noun
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sym·me·trize   (sĭm'ĭ-trīz')   
tr.v.   sym·me·trized, sym·me·triz·ing, sym·me·triz·es
To give symmetry to; make symmetrical or proportional.
sym'me·tri·za'tion (-trĭ-zā'shən) n.
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