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symmetry

noun
/ˈsɪm.ᵻ.tɹi/

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.

  1. derived from συμμετρία
  2. borrowed from symmetria

Definitions

  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.

    • She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.

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Derived

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 · +2 more

Vish — recursive loop

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

7 hops · closes at symmetry

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