symmetry

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
2. (countable, uncountable) The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.

Synonyms

balance

proportion

harmony

symmetricalness

correspondence

beauty

isotropy

orderliness

proportional

proportionality

proportionment

regularity

shapeliness

slenderness

symmetric

symmetries

uniformity

inalterability

symmetrical characteristic

equilibrion

comeliness

commensurate

elegance

form

invariability

invariance

Translations

symétrie

Symmetrie

simetría

simmetria

symmetrie

simetria

simetria

συμμετρία

simetri

bakışım

Ebenmaß

Symmetrik

isotropie

تناظر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪmɪtɹi/

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.