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UK
/sˈɪmətɹi/
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[ US /ˈsɪmətɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪmətɹi/ ]
NOUN
- balance among the parts of something
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions
How To Use symmetry In A Sentence
- We examined publication bias and related biases in funnel plots and carried out a test of funnel plot asymmetry.
- What splendor and pulchritude, what symmetry in all things, what assets for the necessities of life have you not granted and assigned to this land and its inhabitants! Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net
- What about the gorgeous symmetry of a well executed hexadecagon, or the quirky lurch of the isotoxal decagram. Cheeseburger Gothic » The Ladies Blue Room. Or something.
- Many problems that occur during fetal development cause asymmetry in the resulting organism.
- The space-box is replaced by compositions organized through a loose symmetry.
- This paper extends the particular conclusions on the symmetry of the space figures in terms of the coordinate zero dot, coordinate plane and coordinate axis in Analytic Geomtry.
- Folds associated with intraformational faults in the Tertiary mudstones of the southernmost North Sea show a similar asymmetry, with anticlines locally developing into diapiric structures.
- The sphere s should be small and of uniform thickness; any dissymmetry of course has the effect to diminish the sensitiveness. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency
- Two strands of thread are crossed over the desired area and pulled taut, cutting the hairs in perfect symmetry. The Sun
- When certain effects reveal a certain dissymmetry, this dissymmetry should be apparent in the causes which have given them birth. Pierre Curie