symmetry
pronunciation
How to pronounce symmetry in British English:
UK [ˈsɪmətri]
How to pronounce symmetry in American English:
US [ˈsɪmətri]
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- Noun:
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- balance among the parts of something
- (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions
Word Origin
- symmetry (n.)
- 1560s, "relation of parts, proportion," from Middle French symmétrie (16c.) and directly from Latin symmetria, from Greek symmetria "agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement," from symmetros "having a common measure, even, proportionate," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + metron "meter" (see meter (n.2)). Meaning "harmonic arrangement of parts" first recorded 1590s.
Example
- 1. The most important feature of such a tax is symmetry .
- 2. Various symmetry arguments prove that many of these grids are equivalent .
- 3. Scientists have proposed different theories to explain this lack of symmetry .
- 4. In this case the order of symmetry dr shechtman saw was tenfold .
- 5. However , a clear connection between health and symmetry had not been made .