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
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise 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
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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