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Found 4 items, similar to symmetry.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: symmetry
simetri
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: symmetry
i'tidal
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: symmetry
symmetry
n 1: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact
correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing
line or plane [syn:
symmetricalness,
correspondence,
balance] [ant:
asymmetry]
2: balance among the parts of something [syn:
proportion]
[ant:
disproportion]
3: (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same
value when measured in different directions [syn:
isotropy]
[ant:
anisotropy]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Symmetry
Symmetry
\Sym"me*try\, n. [L. symmetria, Gr. ?; sy`n with,
together + ? a measure: cf. F. sym['e]trie. See
Syn-, and
Meter rhythm.]
1. A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each
other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several
parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity
of the members of a work to the whole.
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2. (Biol.) 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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Note: Bilateral symmetry, or two-sidedness, in vertebrates,
etc., is that in which the body can be divided into
symmetrical halves by a vertical plane passing through
the middle; radial symmetry, as in echinoderms, is that
in which the individual parts are arranged
symmetrically around a central axis; serial symmetry,
or zonal symmetry, as in earthworms, is that in which
the segments or metameres of the body are disposed in a
zonal manner one after the other in a longitudinal
axis. This last is sometimes called metamerism.
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3. (Bot.)
(a) Equality in the number of parts of the successive
circles in a flower.
(b) Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the
same kind; regularity.
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Axis of symmetry. (Geom.) See under
Axis.
Respective symmetry, that disposition of parts in which
only the opposite sides are equal to each other.
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