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noun
The quality of being symmetrical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: symmetricality, symmetricity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: symmetry, correspondence, balance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spatial property, spatiality
Narrower terms: regularity, geometrical regularity, bilaterality, bilateralism, bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry
History
From symmetrical + -ness.
Across languages
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