Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.

    Symmetrie

    симме́трияsimmétrija

    симе́тріяsymétrija

    (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

  2. (countable, uncountable)The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.

    симме́трияsimmétrija

Examples

12 sentences

  1. Symmetry is boring.

    Симетрія нудна. — deniko

    ruСимметрия скучна. — al_ex_an_der

    deSymmetrie ist langweilig. — Manfredo

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  2. Cephalopods are marine animals characterised by tentacles and bilateral body symmetry.

    deKopffüßer sind Meerestiere, die sich durch Fangarme und Bilateralsymmetrie auszeichnen. — Yorwba

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  3. No face has perfect symmetry.

    deKein Gesicht weist die perfekte Symmetrie auf. — Adelpa

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  4. Symmetry is a virtue.

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  5. The new elements also provide a certain symmetry to the periodic table, filling out the seventh row of the chart.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis:
Русский
By meaning 1
correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis:

Origin

From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros,

From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, sym- + -metry.

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Forms

plural: symmetries
Singularsymmetry
Pluralsymmetries

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane:symmetricalnesscorrespondencebalance
  • balance among the parts of something:proportion
  • (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions:isotropy

Antonyms

1 antonyms
asymmetry

Word family

36 related words
Relatedasymmetricasymmetrysymmetricsymmetrophobiasymmetrizesymmetrise
Derivedantisymmetrybilateral symmetrybisymmetrycentrosymmetrydissymmetryeigensymmetryhypersymmetryinformation symmetrymirror symmetrymonosymmetryorbital symmetrypersymmetrypolysymmetrypresymmetrypseudosymmetryquasisymmetryradial symmetryradiosymmetryrotational symmetryskew-symmetrysubsymmetrysupersymmetrysymletsymmetrical

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
symbolicB2symbolismsymbolizesymmetricalsympatheticB2sympatheticallysympathizeB2
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