symmetry
IPA: sˈɪmʌtri
noun
- Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
- The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.
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Examples of "symmetry" in Sentences
- It's for the symmetry of the logo.
- It restores the symmetry of diatribe.
- The opposite of symmetry is asymmetry.
- Degeneracy results from symmetry in the system.
- It's the residual symmetry that does the eating.
- That was part of the whole symmetry of the movie.
- The symmetry of the stress and strain tensors implies that.
- The arrow represents the infinitesimal symmetry transformation.
- So she rents Edie's old house, which has a certain symmetry to it.
- The key is to preserve the symmetry of the application of the rule.
- Ceramics and Pottery Which principle of art is described by the term symmetry?
- If by “as intelligent” we mean something else entirely, then the lack of symmetry is disturbing.
- Others, again, have applied the term symmetry to the number of the parts of the flower, reserving the terms "regularity" or
- "Faith" in symmetry is not faith when abstract ideas like symmetry lead to explanations of empirical data, lead to new discoveries.
- It is true that the dic - tionary meaning of the term symmetry has shifted since antiquity, but none of the original connotations has become obsolete, certainly not entirely so.
- This symmetry is vitally important to the other two regulatory schemes because the usual false advertising scenario involves someone challenging nice things that the advertiser says about itself.
- When translating from the Greek for the general reader it is best to follow Pliny's (and Vitruvius ') exam - ple and let the term symmetry stand as it does, rather than render it by a locution that, for a scholar, might perhaps better fit the context.
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