symmetry
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹaɪ/
The English word “symmetry” has 2 meanings listed here.
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.
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.
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