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symmetry

3 definitions • 1 example
1
the quality of having parts that match each other, especially in a way that is attractive, or similarity of shape or contents:

Examples:

The design of the house had a pleasing symmetry, its oblong shape being picked up in its elongated windows.
2
in mathematics, the quality of having two parts that match exactly, either when one half is like an image of the other half in a mirror, or when one part can take the place of another if it is turned 90° or 180°
3
the quality of having parts on either side or half that match each other, esp. in an attractive way, or are the same size or shape

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