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sym·me·try    Audio Help   [sim-i-tree] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tries.
1.the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point; regularity of form or arrangement in terms of like, reciprocal, or corresponding parts.
2.the proper or due proportion of the parts of a body or whole to one another with regard to size and form; excellence of proportion.
3.beauty based on or characterized by such excellence of proportion.
4.Mathematics.
a.a geometrical or other regularity that is possessed by a mathematical object and is characterized by the operations that leave the object invariant: A circle has rotational symmetry and reflection symmetry.
b.a rotation or translation of a plane figure that leaves the figure unchanged although its position may be altered.
5.Physics. a property of a physical system that is unaffected by certain mathematical transformations as, for example, the work done by gravity on an object, which is not affected by any change in the position from which the potential energy of the object is measured.

[Origin: 1535–45; < L symmetria < Gk symmetría commensurateness. See sym-, -metry]

1. consonance, concord, correspondence. Symmetry, balance, proportion, harmony are terms used, particularly in the arts, to denote qualities based upon a correspondence or agreement, usually pleasing, among the parts of a whole. Symmetry implies either a quantitative equality of parts (the perfect symmetry of pairs of matched columns) or a unified system of subordinate parts: the symmetry of a well-ordered musical composition. Balance implies equality of parts, often as a means of emphasis: Balance in sentences may emphasize the contrast in ideas. Proportion depends less upon equality of parts than upon that agreement among them that is determined by their relation to a whole: The dimensions of the room gave a feeling of right proportion. Harmony, a technical term in music, may also suggest the pleasing quality that arises from a just ordering of parts in other forms of artistic composition: harmony of line, color, mass, phrase, ideas.
1. asymmetry.
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sym·me·try    Audio Help   (sĭm'ĭ-trē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. sym·me·tries
  1. Exact correspondence of form and constituent configuration on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane or about a center or an axis. See Synonyms at proportion.
  2. A relationship of characteristic correspondence, equivalence, or identity among constituents of an entity or between different entities: the narrative symmetry of the novel.
  3. Beauty as a result of balance or harmonious arrangement.


[Latin symmetria, from Greek summetriā, from summetros, of like measure : sun-, syn- + metron, measure; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
symmetry 
1563, "relation of parts, proportion," from L. symmetria, from Gk. symmetria "agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement," from symmetros "having a common measure, even, proportionate," from syn- "together" + metron "meter" (see meter (2)). Meaning "harmonic arrangement of parts" first recorded 1599. Symmetrical is recorded from 1751. Symmetrophobia is from 1809, supposed to be evident in Egyptian temples and Japanese art.

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symmetry

noun
1. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane [ant: asymmetry
2. balance among the parts of something [ant: disproportion
3. (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions [syn: isotropy] [ant: anisotropy

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
symmetry [ˈsimitri] noun
the state in which two parts, on either side of a dividing line, are equal in size, shape and position
Arabic: تَماثُل، تَناسُق
Chinese (Simplified): 对称(性)
Chinese (Traditional): 對稱(性)
Czech: symetrie
Danish: symmetri
Dutch: symmetrie
Estonian: sümmeetria
Finnish: symmetria
French: symétrie
German: die Symmetrie
Greek: συμμετρία
Hungarian: szimmetria
Icelandic: samhverfa
Indonesian: simetri
Italian: simmetria
Japanese: 対称
Korean: 대칭, 상칭(相稱)
Latvian: simetrija
Lithuanian: simetrija
Norwegian: symmetri
Polish: symetria
Portuguese (Brazil): simetria
Portuguese (Portugal): simetria
Romanian: simetrie
Russian: симметрия
Slovak: symetria
Slovenian: simetrija
Spanish: simetría
Swedish: symmetri
Turkish: simetri, bakışım
See also: symmetrical

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symmetry    Audio Help   (sĭm'ĭ-trē)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. An exact matching of form and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a boundary, such as a plane or line, or around a central point or axis.
  2. Physics See invariance.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
symmetry

In geometry, the equivalence, point for point, of a figure on opposite sides of a point, line, or plane.


[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics


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Symmetry

Ra"di*al\, a. [Cf. F. radial. See Radius.] Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zo["o]l.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.

Radial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.
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