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symmetric en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• (Southern-England) audio
• /sɪˈmet.ɹɪk/ (Australia)
• /sɪˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From symmetry + -ic, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría).

Meanings

1. Synonym of symmetrical
2. Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of S (that is, if the relation holds between any element and a second, it also holds between the second and the first).
   • "Is a sibling of" is a symmetric relation.
3. Using the same key (or keys that are trivially related) for both encryption and decryption.

Forms

Deriveds

axi-symmetric · symmetric function · symmetric matrix · axisymmetric · polysymmetric · elementary symmetric polynomial · antisymmetric · symmetricity · monosymmetric · skew-symmetric matrix · centrosymmetric · enantioasymmetric · skew symmetric · hypersymmetric · isosymmetric · bisymmetric · unsymmetric · quasisymmetric · pseudosymmetric · skew-symmetric determinant · supersymmetric · skew-symmetric · symmetric complement · merosymmetric · Carlson symmetric form · assosymmetric · orthosymmetric · symmetric difference · persymmetric · dissymmetric · enantiosymmetric · skewsymmetric · strongly symmetric matter · semisymmetric · asymmetric · radiosymmetric · nonsymmetric · weakly symmetric matter · symmetric polynomial · symmetrician · symmetric group

Relateds

reflexive · symmetry · transitive

Synonyms

symmetrical

Translations (2)

fr symétrique (of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of S) · tl parinayo (of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of S)