Symmetry

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

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.

3. Noun

Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.

4. Noun

Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.

5. Noun

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics

6. Noun

(physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions
Vocabulary classified under Physics

7. Noun

balance among the parts of something
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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