Definition of symmetry

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Symmetry (n.) Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.

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Disproportion :: Disproportion (n.) Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height..
Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent..
Mimical :: Mimical (a.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
Proportion :: Proportion (n.) Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion..
Sympathetic :: Symmetry (n.) Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.
Metamerism :: Metamerism (n.) The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres.
Accompaniment :: Accompaniment (n.) That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry..
Symmetrical :: Symmetrical (a.) Having the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry. See Symmetry, 2..
Unsymmetrical :: Unsymmetrical (a.) Being without symmetry of chemical structure or relation; as, an unsymmetrical carbon atom..
Hemihedral :: Hemihedral (a.) Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron..
Tetartohedral :: Tetartohedral (a.) Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry.
Unsymmetrical :: Unsymmetrical (a.) Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion pf parts..
Symmetrized :: Symmetrist (n.) One eminently studious of symmetry of parts.
Dissymmetry :: Dissymmetry (n.) Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.
Symmetrical :: Symmetrical (a.) Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building..
Elasipoda :: Elasipoda (n. pl.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.
Proportion :: Proportion (v.) To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body..
Dissymmetrical :: Dissymmetrical (a.) Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.
Elegantly :: Elegantly (adv.) In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.
Interrupted :: Interrupted (a.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf..
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