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symmetrical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /səˈmɛtrək(ə)l/ (General-American)
• (New-Jersey) audio
• /sɪˈmetɹɪkəl/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /sɪˈmɛtɹɪkəl/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English symmetry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English symmetrical From symmetry + -ical.

Meanings

1. Exhibiting symmetry; having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts; having corresponding parts or relations.
   • symmetrical design
   • The building had a perfectly symmetrical façade.
   • She admired the symmetrical pattern of the snowflake.
   • perfectly symmetrical

Forms

Antonyms

asymmetrical

Deriveds

persymmetrical · symmetrically · quasisymmetrical · symmetrical voice · unsymmetrical · centrosymmetrical · symmetrical OCD · monosymmetrical · subsymmetrical · symmetricalness · hypersymmetrical · antisymmetrical · dissymmetrical · symmetrical balance · oversymmetrical · nonsymmetrical · axisymmetrical · polysymmetrical · supersymmetrical · symmetricality · pseudosymmetrical · nonaxisymmetrical

Relateds

symmetrise · symmetric · symmetry · symmetrize · symmetricity

Synonyms

symmetric

Translations (47)

hi सममित (exhibiting symmetry) · ca simètric (exhibiting symmetry) · nn symmetrisk (exhibiting symmetry) · pl symetryczny (exhibiting symmetry) · uk симетри́чний (exhibiting symmetry) · sh rázmjēran (exhibiting symmetry) · it speculare (exhibiting symmetry) · eo simetria (exhibiting symmetry) · nb symmetrisk (exhibiting symmetry) · pt simétrico (exhibiting symmetry) · de symmetrisch (exhibiting symmetry) · ru симметри́чный (exhibiting symmetry) · ast simétricu (exhibiting symmetry) · gl simétrico (exhibiting symmetry) · fi symmetrinen (exhibiting symmetry) · ar مُتَمَاثِل (exhibiting symmetry) · es simétrico (exhibiting symmetry) · fa متقارن (exhibiting symmetry) · ga comhchruthach (exhibiting symmetry) · mi hangarite (exhibiting symmetry) · nl symmetrisch (exhibiting symmetry) · ga siméadrach (exhibiting symmetry) · gd co-chothromach (exhibiting symmetry) · ro simetric (exhibiting symmetry) · fr symétrique (exhibiting symmetry) · tl parianyuin (exhibiting symmetry) · ar مُتَنَاظِر (exhibiting symmetry) · is samhverfur (exhibiting symmetry) · bg симетри́чен (exhibiting symmetry) · da symmetrisk (exhibiting symmetry) · gv shimmeadragh (exhibiting symmetry) · sh simètričan (exhibiting symmetry) · hu szimmetrikus (exhibiting symmetry) · gv co-chrooagh (exhibiting symmetry) · it simmetrico (exhibiting symmetry) · sh sklȁdan (exhibiting symmetry) · el συμμετρικός (exhibiting symmetry) · sv symmetrisk (exhibiting symmetry) · cs souměrný (exhibiting symmetry) · be сіметры́чны (exhibiting symmetry) · cs symetrický (exhibiting symmetry) · id simetris (exhibiting symmetry) · ja 対称な (exhibiting symmetry) · ka სიმეტრიული (exhibiting symmetry) · yi סימעטריש (exhibiting symmetry) · km ត្រឹម (exhibiting symmetry) · cmn 對稱 /对称 (exhibiting symmetry)