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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Dissymmetrical :: Dissymmetrical (a.) Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.
Unsymmetrical :: Unsymmetrical (a.) Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion pf parts..
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.
Elasipoda :: Elasipoda (n. pl.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.
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..
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..
Hemihedral :: Hemihedral (a.) Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron..
Incongruity :: Incongruity (n.) Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony.
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse..
Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent..
Buttress :: Buttress (n.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry..
Symmetry :: Symmetry (n.) Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.
Symmetric :: Symmetrian (n.) One eminently studious of symmetry of parts.
Metamerism :: Metamerism (n.) The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres.
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..
Holohedral :: Holohedral (a.) Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral..
Statuesquely :: Statuesque (a.) Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude..
Amphineura :: Amphineura (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.
Pseudo-symmetric :: Pseudo-symmetric (a.) Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.
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