symmetrynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsɪm.ə.tri/us/ˈsɪm.ə.tri/the quality of having parts that match each other, especially in a way that is attractive, or similarity of shape or contents:
The design of the house had a pleasing symmetry, its oblong shape being picked up in its elongated windows.
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asymmetry (asymmetric)
specialized mathematics in mathematics, the quality of having two parts that match exactly, either when one half is like an image of the other half in a mirror, or when one part can take the place of another if it is turned 90° or 180°
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Balance and imbalance
- accord
- accord with sth
- align
- alignment
- balance (sth) out/up
- balance of power
- balanced
- equilibrium
- harmonious
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- jar
- off balance
- offset
- on an even keel idiom
- one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
- realign
- square (sth) with sth
- wash
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Geometry: parts of geometrical shapes
symmetrical
adjective uk/sɪˈmet.rɪ.kəl/us/sɪˈmet.rɪ.kəl/also symmetric,
symmetrically
adverb uk/sɪˈmet.rɪ.kəl.i/us/sɪˈmet.rɪ.kəl.i/