symmetry
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symmetry
- /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹaɪ/ UK, poetic
- /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹi/ Australia, Canada, US
Where it comes from
From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, sym- + -metry.
noun symmetries
- Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
- The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole. 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: symmetricalness, proportion, balance, correspondence, line, symmetric, parallel, linkage, correlation, parity, proportionality, similarity, coherence, consistency, uniformity, harmony
Translations
Every language
noun correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
| Español | simetría |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대칭성 daechingseong, 대칭 daeching |
| 日本語 | 対称性 taishōsei, 対称 taishō, シンメトリー shinmetorī |
| 中文 | 對稱性 /对称性 duìchènxìng, duìchèngxìng, 對稱 /对称 duìchèn, duìchèng |
| हिन्दी | सममिति sammiti |
| Português | simetria |
| Français | symétrie |
| Deutsch | Symmetrie |
| Italiano | simmetria |
| Ελληνικά | συμμετρία symmetría |
| Română | simetrie |
| Русский | симме́трия simmétrija |
| Tiếng Việt | sự đối xứng |
| العربية | تَنَاظُر tanāẓur |
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title = {symmetry},
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