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symmetrically

adv

Etymology

From symmetrical + -ly.

  1. derived from συμμετρία
  2. borrowed from symmetria
  3. formed as symmetrical — “symmetry + -ical”
  4. suffixed as symmetrically — “symmetrical + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a symmetrical manner

    In a symmetrical manner; so as to show symmetry

    • diagonals symmetrically intermediate between the horizontal axes, terminate in the interaxal basal angles
    • The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards, which may result in the accumulation of an unidentified leftness determinant, which flows into the node symmetrically, on the left side of the node.
    • We have the ATLANTIC OCEAN running down the center of our grid today and, on either side of the “Pond,” Mr. Trudeau has managed to symmetrically place the British and American English equivalents for four words.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at symmetrically. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at symmetrically. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at symmetrically

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA