English Explanatory Dictionary

symmetry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
  2. The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪm.ᵻ.tɹi/ sĭʹmĭtrĭ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-symmetry.wav /sɪˈmɛʈ.ri/ [sɪ.mɛ(ː)ʈ.ri]

Word forms

symmetry symmetries

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.

Related words

asymmetric asymmetry symmetric symmetrophobia

Derived words

antisymmetry axis of symmetry bilateral symmetry bisymmetry center of symmetry centre of symmetry centrosymmetry CPT symmetry dissymmetry eigensymmetry hypersymmetry information symmetry Lorentz symmetry mirror symmetry monosymmetry orbital symmetry order of symmetry persymmetry plane of symmetry polysymmetry presymmetry pseudosymmetry quasisymmetry radial symmetry radiosymmetry rotational symmetry skew symmetry skew-symmetry subsymmetry supersymmetry symlet symmetrical symmetrise symmetrism symmetrist symmetrize symmetro- symmetron symmetry group symmetry plane T-symmetry unsymmetry
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