SYMMETRY
\sˈɪmətɹɪ], \sˈɪmətɹɪ], \s_ˈɪ_m_ə_t_ɹ_ɪ]\
Definitions of SYMMETRY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions
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(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
By Princeton University
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A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.
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The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical.
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Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.
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Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.
By Oddity Software
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Harmony, balance, or right proportion of the several parts of a body; similarity of parts on two sides of a dividing line.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Equality or correspondence in form of parts distributed around a center or an axis, at the two extremities or poles, or on the two opposite sides of any body.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole; harmony.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
Word of the day
Gujasanol
- hydrochlorid of diethylglycocoll guaiacol, C13H19HO3. Guaiacol split off in the organism it is antiseptic and anesthetic.