the property of being symmetrical; esp correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or median plane or about a centre or axis: compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry
balanced proportions, or beauty of form arising from balanced proportions
the property possessed by a physical phenomenon whereby it remains unaffected by certain changes, e.g. of orientation in space or of the sign of the electric charge
[via Latin from Greek symmetria, from symmetros symmetrical, from syn- + metron measure]