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| sym·me·try [ símmətree ] (plural sym·me·tries) |
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1. property of sameness: the property of being the same or corresponding on both sides of a central dividing line
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2. balanced proportions: harmony or beauty of form that results from balanced proportions
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3. mathematics exact correspondence in position: a correspondence in the position of pairs of points of a geometric object that are equally positioned about a point, line, or plane that bisects the object
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4. physics state of invariance: a state of invariance shown by some phenomena when changes of orientation, charge, or parity are made
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| [Mid-16th century. Via Latin< Greek summetria "similar measure" < metron "measure"] |
