Symmetry

Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.
  • (n.) Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.

Compare symmetry with other words:

balance vs. symmetry

symmetry vs. unison

radiosymmetric vs. symmetry

cemetery vs. symmetry

disproportion vs. symmetry

holohedral vs. symmetry

hemihedral vs. symmetry

symmetry vs. tetradic

symmetrical vs. symmetry

symmetry vs. zygomorphic

director vs. symmetry

element vs. symmetry

distribution vs. symmetry

balanced vs. symmetry

arrangement vs. symmetry

satisfying vs. symmetry

axis vs. symmetry

center vs. symmetry

plane vs. symmetry

line vs. symmetry

dividing vs. symmetry

correspondence vs. symmetry

symmetric vs. symmetry

snowflake vs. symmetry

anomaly vs. symmetry

irregular vs. symmetry

asymmetry vs. symmetry