symmetric
- adjective
- /sɪˈmɛtrɪk/
- Vivid green pagodas sat under a sunny sky, with a beautifully symmetric volcanic cone behind them.
- symmetric matrix
- spherically symmetric
- symmetric algorithms
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Watch on YouTubeHow does that emerge from symmetric fundamental laws?
- How does that emerge from symmetric fundamental laws?
- Then they add more and more symmetrical pictures, and people love it.
- And I'm thinking if nature itself were symmetric, that could never happen.
- There is a mirror symmetric activation of the pain system.
- And there's no way they could have created these perfectly symmetrical, perfectly square.
- And not only that, the dip was not symmetric.
Examples
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The entire metric, the entire matrix is symmetric, right?
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The triangle will denote the symmetric difference operation.
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So it's actually symmetric about the origin.
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There is a mirror symmetric activation of the pain system.
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Try to find the parametric and symmetric equations of the line.
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Applied to this gait study, the higher the harmonic ratio, the more symmetric the gait.
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The architect designed a building with a symmetric facade that perfectly reflected the surrounding landscape.
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In mathematics, a symmetric shape has equal sections on both sides of a central line.
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The butterfly's wings were symmetric, with identical patterns mirrored on each side.
Synonyms
A shape or object that has matching parts on both sides when you cut it down the middle
Having the same look as in a mirror
Having both left and right matching sides and parts that repeat around the center
Having two matching halves on each side of a middle line
Having three parts arranged around a center like a triangle
Parts spread out from a central point so slices around it look the same
The left and right sides of a body or object match each other
Having the same parts on both sides, like a leaf with the same top and bottom
Parts are the same on opposite sides of a central point
A flower that can be divided into similar halves by any line through its center
Antonyms
How Symmetric
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Symmetric comes from Greek parts sym- meaning 'together' and metron meaning 'measure', the same root as meter. So something symmetric has its parts 'measured together' on both sides, which is why it looks balanced.