Definition of symmetry

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Symmetry (n.) The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical..

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Unsymmetrical :: Unsymmetrical (a.) Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size and shape, or when the parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry..
Incongruity :: Incongruity (n.) Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony.
Tetartohedral :: Tetartohedral (a.) Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry.
Disproportion :: Disproportion (n.) Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height..
Kite :: Kite (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry..
Symmetrized :: Symmetrist (n.) One eminently studious of symmetry of parts.
Homaxonial :: Homaxonial (a.) Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology..
Elegantly :: Elegantly (adv.) In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.
Unsymmetrical :: Unsymmetrical (a.) Being without symmetry of chemical structure or relation; as, an unsymmetrical carbon atom..
Pseudo-symmetry :: Pseudo-symmetry (n.) A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite..
Asymmetry :: Asymmetry (n.) Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry..
Bilateral :: Bilateral (a.) Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body..
Symmetrical :: Symmetrical (a.) Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building..
Mimical :: Mimical (a.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
Dissymmetry :: Dissymmetry (n.) Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.
Accompaniment :: Accompaniment (n.) That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry..
Elasipoda :: Elasipoda (n. pl.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.
Unsymmetrical :: Unsymmetrical (a.) Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion pf parts..
Shapeless :: Shapeless (a.) Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to shapely.
Proportion :: Proportion (v.) To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body..
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