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Meaning of "symmetry" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SYMMETRY

From Latin symmetria, from Greek summetria proportion, from syn- + metron measure.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SYMMETRY

symmetry  [ˈsɪmɪtrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYMMETRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Symmetry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SYMMETRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

symmetry

Symmetry

Symmetry has two meanings. The first is a vague sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance. The second is an exact mathematical "patterned self-similarity" that can be demonstrated with the rules of a formal system, such as geometry or physics. Although these two meanings of "symmetry" can sometimes be told apart, they are related, so they are here discussed together. Mathematical symmetry may be observed with respect to the passage of time; as a spatial relationship; through geometric transformations such as scaling, reflection, and rotation; through other kinds of functional transformations; and as an aspect of abstract objects, theoretic models, language, music and even knowledge itself. This article describes symmetry from four perspectives: in geometry, the most familiar type of symmetry for many people; more generally, in mathematics as a whole; as it relates to science and technology; and in the humanities, covering history, architecture, art, and religion. The opposite of symmetry is asymmetry.

Definition of symmetry in the English dictionary

The first definition of symmetry in the dictionary is similarity, correspondence, or balance among systems or parts of a system. Other definition of symmetry is beauty or harmony of form based on a proportionate arrangement of parts. Symmetry is also the independence of a property with respect to direction; isotropy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYMMETRY


altimetry
ælˈtɪmɪtrɪ
asymmetry
æˈsɪmɪtrɪ
bathymetry
bəˈθɪmɪtrɪ
bisymmetry
baɪˈsɪmɪtrɪ
calorimetry
ˌkæləˈrɪmɪtrɪ
densimetry
denˈsɪmɪtrɪ
dissymmetry
dɪˈsɪmɪtrɪ
dosimetry
dəʊˈsɪmɪtrɪ
fluorimetry
flʊəˈrɪmɪtrɪ
gravimetry
ɡræˈvɪmɪtrɪ
monosymmetry
ˌmɒnəˈsɪmɪtrɪ
oximetry
ɒkˈsɪmɪtrɪ
plessimetry
plɛˈsɪmɪtrɪ
pleximetry
plɛkˈsɪmɪtrɪ
pseudosymmetry
ˌsjuːdəʊˈsɪmɪtrɪ
supersymmetry
ˌsuːpəˈsɪmɪtrɪ
tasimetry
təˈsɪmɪtrɪ
unsymmetry
ʌnˈsɪmɪtrɪ
velocimetry
ˌveləˈsɪmɪtrɪ
viscosimetry
ˌvɪskəʊˈsɪmɪtrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYMMETRY

symmetalism
symmetallic
symmetallism
symmetral
symmetrian
symmetric
symmetric difference
symmetric matrix
symmetrical
symmetrically
symmetricalness
symmetries
symmetrisation
symmetrise
symmetrization
symmetrize
symmetrophobia
Symonds
Symons
sympathectomies

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYMMETRY

anthropometry
astrometry
audiometry
biometry
coordinate geometry
cytometry
geometry
interferometry
isometry
morphometry
optometry
poetry
psychometry
radiometry
spectrometry
spectrophotometry
stoichiometry
telemetry
trigonometry
variable-geometry
viscometry

Synonyms and antonyms of symmetry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SYMMETRY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «symmetry» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of symmetry

Translation of «symmetry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYMMETRY

Find out the translation of symmetry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of symmetry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «symmetry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

对称
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

simetría
570 millions of speakers

English

symmetry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समरूपता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التماثل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

симметрия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

simetria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিসাম্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

symétrie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Simetri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Symmetrie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

対称
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대칭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Simetri
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đối xứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சமச்சீர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सममिती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

simetri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

simmetria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

symetria
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

симетрія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

simetrie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμμετρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

simmetrie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

symmetri
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

symmetri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of symmetry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYMMETRY»

The term «symmetry» is very widely used and occupies the 17.385 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYMMETRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «symmetry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «symmetry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about symmetry

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10 QUOTES WITH «SYMMETRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word symmetry.
1
E. T. Bell
Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness.
2
Ron Eglash
I started collecting aerial photographs of Native American and South Pacific architecture; only the African ones were fractal. And if you think about it, all these different societies have different geometric design themes that they use. So Native Americans use a combination of circular symmetry and fourfold symmetry.
3
Fabiola Gianotti
Among the questions we have in mind: dark matter, antimatter, and matter symmetry.
4
Kevin McCloud
I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.
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Frank Ocean
In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.
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Frank Ocean
Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically.
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Camille Paglia
Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.
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Rick Perlstein
We Americans love to cite the 'political spectrum' as the best way to classify ideologies. The metaphor is incorrect: it implies symmetry.
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Henri Poincare
It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details.
10
Paul Rand
Graphic design, which evokes the symmetria of Vituvius, the dynamic symmetry of Hambidge, the asymmetry of Mondrian; which is a good gestalt, generated by intuition or by computer, by invention or by a system of coordinates, is not good design if it does not communicate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYMMETRY»

Discover the use of symmetry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to symmetry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Symmetry
Starting from the concept that symmetry equals harmony of proportions, this book gradually develops first the geometric concept of symmetry in its several forms as bilateral, translatory, rotational, ornamental, and crystallographic ...
Hermann Weyl, 1952
2
Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel
When Elspeth Noblin dies, she leaves everything to the 20-year-old American twin daughters of her own long-estranged twin, Edie.
Audrey Niffenegger, 2009
3
Symmetry: An Introduction to Group Theory and Its Applications
This well-organized volume develops the elementary ideas of both group theory and representation theory in a progressive and thorough fashion.
Roy McWeeny, 2012
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Groups and Symmetry
Groups are important because they measure symmetry. This text, designed for undergraduate mathematics students, provides a gentle introduction to the vocabulary and many of the highlights of elementary group theory.
Mark A. Armstrong, Gérard Iooss, Daniel D. Joseph, 1988
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Symmetry: Cultural-historical and Ontological Aspects of ...
The first comprehensive book on the topic in half a century explores recent discoveries related to symmetry and symmetry breaking, discussing the questions and answers they raise in a broad range of disciplines: particle and high-energy ...
György Darvas, 2007
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Symmetry and Spectroscopy: An Introduction to Vibrational ...
Informal, effective undergraduate-level text introduces vibrational and electronic spectroscopy, presenting applications of group theory to the interpretation of UV, visible, and infrared spectra without assuming a high level of background ...
Daniel C. Harris, Michael D. Bertolucci, 1978
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Symmetry: The Ordering Principle
Illustrated with old engravings and original work by the author, this book moves from church windows and mirror reflections to the deepest ideas of hidden symmetries in physics and geometry, music and the arts, left- and right-handedness.
David Wade, 2006
8
Radial Symmetry
Katherine Larson is the winner of the 2010 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition.
Katherine Larson, 2011
9
Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy
The first edition, by P.R. Bunker, published in 1979, remains the sole textbook that explains the use of the molecular symmetry group in understanding high resolution molecular spectra.
Philip R. Bunker, Per Jensen, 2006
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Symmetry: A Design System For Quiltmakers
In this book, Ruth guides the quiltmaker in exploring and developing truly original designs.
Ruth B. McDowell, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYMMETRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term symmetry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Physicist who brought symmetry breaking to particle physics dies at 94
Nambu achieved his breakthrough while working on how spontaneous symmetry violation can cause substances to become superconducting. His work inspired ... «physicsworld.com, Jul 15»
2
Emmy Noether, hero of symmetry and conservation: Public lecture …
Emmy Noether was a giant of mathematics, whose work tied together two fundamental concepts: conservation laws and symmetries in nature. But who was she, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Symmetry restored: How moon jellyfish repair the loss of a limb (+ …
Moon jellyfish rearrange their bodies when a limb is lost. This "symmetrization" is a never-before-seen method of self-repair, and one that probably helps jellies ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 15»
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Scientists discover the amazing self-repairing technique behind …
Symmetry is super important to jellyfish, which need it so they can move and eat. When moon jellyfish lose an arm, they have a physical process that forces them ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
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Symmetry Medical to expand in Warsaw
Adding manufacturing capacity in Warsaw, northwest of Fort Wayne, will allow Symmetry to accommodate more volume, a spokeswoman for its parent company, ... «Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Mar 15»
6
Twist Of Fate: An Accident Brings 'Beautiful Symmetry' To 2 Lives
Earlier this year, Morning Edition aired a piece about two families who came together after a car accident. That story of forgiveness led to another StoryCorps ... «NPR, Mar 15»
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Children with symmetrical hands 'are smarter'
“The connection between physical symmetry and reaction times could be an important clue to health and well-being over a person's life course,” said Professor ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
8
1 killed in Hartford nightclub stabbing
According to Deputy Chief Brian Foley, an unidentified 24-year-old man from Springfield, Mass. was stabbed inside Club Symmetry Vine on Union Place around ... «WTNH, Mar 15»
9
Symmetry Medical Completes Sale of Its OEM Solutions Business …
Symmetry Medical Inc. , a leading global source of innovative medical device ... that gives effect to the sale of Symmetry Medical's OEM Solutions business to ... «MarketWatch, Dec 14»
10
Symmetrical Knees Predict Sprinting Speed
From elite sprinters to ordinary fruit flies, body symmetry has long been linked to good health, physical strength and reproductive success. But the reasons for ... «Scientific American, Nov 14»

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