symmetry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹi/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹaɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation, poetic)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, sym- + -metry.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
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(countable, uncountable) The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.
She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| symmetries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pseudosymmetry · symmetrise · persymmetry · order of symmetry · bilateral symmetry · plane of symmetry · hypersymmetry · CPT symmetry · skew symmetry · dissymmetry · monosymmetry · quasisymmetry · skew-symmetry · bisymmetry · symmetry group · centrosymmetry · radial symmetry · Lorentz symmetry · antisymmetry · symmetron · subsymmetry · symlet · symmetrize · polysymmetry · supersymmetry · rotational symmetry · unsymmetry · symmetro- · mirror symmetry · center of symmetry · axis of symmetry · eigensymmetry · presymmetry · symmetry plane · information symmetry · T-symmetry · symmetrical · symmetrism · symmetrist · centre of symmetry · orbital symmetry · radiosymmetry
Relateds
symmetrophobia · symmetric · asymmetric · asymmetry
Translations (73)
th ความสมมาตร (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ga siméadracht (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · ka სიმეტრია (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · id simetris (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · lv simetrija (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · es simetría (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · bg симе́трия (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · mk симе́трија (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · la symmetria (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · cmn 對稱 /对称 (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · da symmetri (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ja 対称性 (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · gl simetría (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · mi hangarite (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · pl symetria (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · pt simetria (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · hi सममिति (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · tl parianyo (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · fr symétrie (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · gl simetría (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · mi hangarite (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · fr symétrie (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · cmn 和諧 /和谐 (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · cmn 平衡美 (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · sk symetria (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · el συμμετρία (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · hu szimmetria (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · sl simetrija (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ja シンメトリー (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ka სიმეტრია (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · pl symetria (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · lt simetrija (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · sip ཆ་མཉམ (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · haw ʻālikelike (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · nn symmetri (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · th ความสมดุล (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · kk симметрия (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · sv symmetri (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · fi symmetria (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · fa تقارن (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · id simetri (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · it simmetria (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · vi sự đối xứng (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · it simmetria (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · ko 대칭 (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · sh simètrija (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · te సౌస్టవం (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · grc συμμετρία (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ru симме́трия (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · cmn 對稱性 /对称性 (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · mk симе́трија (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · ota اعتدال (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · uk симе́трія (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ja 対称 (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ca simetria (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · cs souměrnost (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ru симме́трия (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · et sümmeetria (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · sk súmernosť (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · be сіме́трыя (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ar تَنَاظُر (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · fi tasapaino (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · ro simetrie (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ga siméadracht (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · cs symetrie (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · pt simetria (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · nl symmetrie (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · sl simetrija (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) · de Symmetrie (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · ko 대칭성 (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · nb symmetri (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · eo simetrio (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) · sh simètrija (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole)