Symmetrical
adjective
Being the same or matching on both sides.
She has a beautifully symmetrical face.
Often appears as...
- symmetrical design
- symmetrical pattern
adjective
In mathematics, this describes a shape or graph that is identical on both sides of a central line.
A square is symmetrical because you can divide it into two parts that are mirror images of each other.
Often appears as...
- symmetrical graph
- symmetrical shape
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Academic
adjective
Being the same or matching on both sides.
She has a beautifully symmetrical face.
Often appears as...
- symmetrical design
- symmetrical pattern
adjective
In mathematics, this describes a shape or graph that is identical on both sides of a central line.
A square is symmetrical because you can divide it into two parts that are mirror images of each other.
Often appears as...
- symmetrical graph
- symmetrical shape
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Appeal
Symmetrical objects are often seen as more attractive and can be used to create pleasing visuals.
The symmetrical arrangement of flowers in the garden added to its beauty.
Pro Tip 2/3Perfect Match
Symmetry implies that both halves of something match perfectly, providing a sense of balance.
The artist drew a symmetrical butterfly, with both wings looking exactly the same.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Faces
Symmetry is often mentioned in the context of human beauty, suggesting balanced facial features.
Her symmetrical features were highlighted in the portrait with perfect alignment.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Appeal
Symmetrical objects are often seen as more attractive and can be used to create pleasing visuals.
The symmetrical arrangement of flowers in the garden added to its beauty.
Pro Tip 2/3Perfect Match
Symmetry implies that both halves of something match perfectly, providing a sense of balance.
The artist drew a symmetrical butterfly, with both wings looking exactly the same.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Faces
Symmetry is often mentioned in the context of human beauty, suggesting balanced facial features.
Her symmetrical features were highlighted in the portrait with perfect alignment.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Appeal
Symmetrical objects are often seen as more attractive and can be used to create pleasing visuals.
The symmetrical arrangement of flowers in the garden added to its beauty.
Pro Tip 2/3Perfect Match
Symmetry implies that both halves of something match perfectly, providing a sense of balance.
The artist drew a symmetrical butterfly, with both wings looking exactly the same.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Faces
Symmetry is often mentioned in the context of human beauty, suggesting balanced facial features.
Her symmetrical features were highlighted in the portrait with perfect alignment.
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Meet the dazzling flying...
What can you do with all this surplus? The thing to notice is that it is highly symmetric. As a result, it is ambivalent to orientation. This gives it an extraordinary capability. It can move anywhere it wants in space irrespective of where it is facing and even of how it is rotating.
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How can social media...
first place where we've seen symmetric use of anti power it's not insurgents versus incumbents it's to insurgencies each of whom dislikes the other each of whom can't rule without the other each of whom can bring the other down so the great thing about having a short talk is
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Staying Witty During...
you implanted on the on the left side that you started with tell you anything about where the one on the right side should be planted well that's a great question you know we would like dr. Daniels said we are symmetric generally mr. Grimley has the the distinction of
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The science of symmetry...
So, what does it mean for an object to be symmetric? Here's the a symmetry is a transformation that leaves that object unchanged. Okay, that sounds a bit abstract, so let's unpack it. It will help to look at a particular example, like this equilateral triangle.
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Why are human bodies...
Some species of beans only climb up their trellises clockwise, others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside, it's a different story on the inside. Most of your vital organs are arranged asymmetrically.
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The science of...
a symmetric snowflake can grow. Weather conditions affect snow on the ground, as well. Warmer ground temperatures produce a wetter snow that is easier to pack because liquid water molecules help snowflakes stick to each other.
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Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
column in a sort of symmetrical position. Vampire squid was one of them. Massive eyes. Extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary. They often do have massive eyes, don't they in the deep sea, because it is so dark
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Why are these 32 symbols...
with its symmetrical markings on the left, possible stylized representations of hands in the middle, and what looks a bit like a bracket on the right. The oldest systems of graphic communication in the world --
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Can you solve the...
The key is to maximize the support each assistant provides, not wasting a single kiloliter of fuel. It also helps us to think symmetrically so they can make shorter trips in either direction
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Let's talk about sex -...
Peace. Just peace. Maybe we will never know why, but of all the possible bodies that have appeared on this planet, it was this one, bilaterally symmetric, warm-blooded, bigger than a mouse,
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
What can you do with all this surplus? The thing to notice is that it is highly symmetric. As a result, it is ambivalent to orientation. This gives it an extraordinary capability. It can move anywhere it wants in space irrespective of where it is facing and even of how it is rotating.
Video examples
How can social media...
first place where we've seen symmetric use of anti power it's not insurgents versus incumbents it's to insurgencies each of whom dislikes the other each of whom can't rule without the other each of whom can bring the other down so the great thing about having a short talk is
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Staying Witty During...
you implanted on the on the left side that you started with tell you anything about where the one on the right side should be planted well that's a great question you know we would like dr. Daniels said we are symmetric generally mr. Grimley has the the distinction of
Video examples
The science of symmetry...
So, what does it mean for an object to be symmetric? Here's the a symmetry is a transformation that leaves that object unchanged. Okay, that sounds a bit abstract, so let's unpack it. It will help to look at a particular example, like this equilateral triangle.
Video examples
Why are human bodies...
Some species of beans only climb up their trellises clockwise, others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside, it's a different story on the inside. Most of your vital organs are arranged asymmetrically.
Video examples
The science of...
a symmetric snowflake can grow. Weather conditions affect snow on the ground, as well. Warmer ground temperatures produce a wetter snow that is easier to pack because liquid water molecules help snowflakes stick to each other.
Video examples
Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
column in a sort of symmetrical position. Vampire squid was one of them. Massive eyes. Extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary. They often do have massive eyes, don't they in the deep sea, because it is so dark
Video examples
Why are these 32 symbols...
with its symmetrical markings on the left, possible stylized representations of hands in the middle, and what looks a bit like a bracket on the right. The oldest systems of graphic communication in the world --
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Can you solve the...
The key is to maximize the support each assistant provides, not wasting a single kiloliter of fuel. It also helps us to think symmetrically so they can make shorter trips in either direction
Video examples
Let's talk about sex -...
Peace. Just peace. Maybe we will never know why, but of all the possible bodies that have appeared on this planet, it was this one, bilaterally symmetric, warm-blooded, bigger than a mouse,
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Richard Smalley
American Scientist
The buckyball, with sixty carbon atoms, is the most symmetrical form the carbon atom can take. Carbon in its nature has a genius for assembling into buckyballs. The perfect nanotube, that is, the nanotube that the carbon atom naturally wants to make and makes most often, is exactly large enough that one buckyball can roll right down the center.
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Robert Fortune
Scottish Scientist
The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature.
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Lawrence M. Krauss
American Physicist
For a physicist or a mathematician, the most symmetrical object you could think about would be a sphere, because it looks identical no matter what you do to it, however you rotate it in any given direction.
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Natalie Dormer
English Actress
Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.
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Marcus du Sautoy
British Mathematician
If you can make yourself symmetrical, you're sending out a sign that you've got good genes, you've got a good upbringing and therefore you'll make a good mate.
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John Kricfalusi
Canadian Artist
To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic.
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Jim Lee
South Korean Artist
Superman tends to stand very upright, and he's very symmetrical, and those are actually the most difficult poses for me to draw.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
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T. J. Miller
American Actor
I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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Richard Smalley
American Scientist
The buckyball, with sixty carbon atoms, is the most symmetrical form the carbon atom can take. Carbon in its nature has a genius for assembling into buckyballs. The perfect nanotube, that is, the nanotube that the carbon atom naturally wants to make and makes most often, is exactly large enough that one buckyball can roll right down the center.
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Robert Fortune
Scottish Scientist
The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature.
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Lawrence M. Krauss
American Physicist
For a physicist or a mathematician, the most symmetrical object you could think about would be a sphere, because it looks identical no matter what you do to it, however you rotate it in any given direction.
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Natalie Dormer
English Actress
Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.
Quote examples
Marcus du Sautoy
British Mathematician
If you can make yourself symmetrical, you're sending out a sign that you've got good genes, you've got a good upbringing and therefore you'll make a good mate.
Quote examples
John Kricfalusi
Canadian Artist
To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic.
Quote examples
Jim Lee
South Korean Artist
Superman tends to stand very upright, and he's very symmetrical, and those are actually the most difficult poses for me to draw.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
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T. J. Miller
American Actor
I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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