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Symmetry

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.

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Balance 76% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

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Counterbalance 76% connected

To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

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Equilibrium 76% connected

Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

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Equipoise 76% connected

Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equa…

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Property 76% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Bilaterality 76% connected

State of being bilateral.

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Regularity 76% connected

The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.

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Proportion 74% connected

The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, th…

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Proportion 74% connected

The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, th…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Balance 92% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Correspondence 92% connected

Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.

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Isotropy 92% connected

Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body; absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity in all directions.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Proportion 92% connected

The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disproportion 94% connected

Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a build…

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Disproportion 94% connected

Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a build…

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