symmetrysym‧me‧try /ˈsɪmətri/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
Word Origin
the symmetry of the design2the quality that a situation has when two events or actions seem to be balanced or equal in some way OPP asymmetry: There was a certain symmetry to coming back to New York, where I started my artistic life all those years ago.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINsymmetry
ExamplesOrigin:
1500-1600 Latin symmetria, from Greek, from symmetros ‘symmetrical’, from syn- ( ➔ SYN-) + metron ‘measure’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- We were impressed by the symmetry and the elegance of the city.
- And symmetry was at stake too, since Bush will be at the Gothenburg summit next month.
- It was a well-proportioned house, Lissa decided, the lines drawn with an unfailing eye for symmetry and beauty.
- The tentacles are arranged in a circlet about the mouth, and the coelenterates are typified by such radial symmetry.
- There is a symmetry about this, about their relationship with the clock of the century, that calls for celebration.
- They can be analyzed using local symmetry.
- This idea is attractive because it would mean a nice symmetry between the expanding and contracting phases.
- What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
WORD SETS► Maths
Collocationsabacus, nounalgebra, nounangle, nounarc, nounarea, nounarithmetic, nounarithmetic, adjectivearithmetic progression, nounaxis, nounbar chart, nounbar graph, nounbase, nounbinomial, nounbisect, verbBoolean, adjectiveC, nouncalculator, nouncalculus, nouncanonical, adjectivechord, nouncipher, nouncircumference, nouncircumscribe, verbcompass, nouncomplementary, adjectivecomputation, nouncompute, verbconcentric, adjectivecone, nouncongruent, adjectiveconical, adjectiveconstant, nouncontain, verbcoordinate, nouncoordinate, adjectivecos, cosine, nouncube, nouncubic, adjectivecurvature, nouncurve, nouncut, verbdeci-, prefixdeviation, noundiagonal, adjectivediameter, noundifferential calculus, noundigit, noundimension, noundomain, nouneccentric, adjectiveellipse, nounelliptical, adjectiveequal, adjectiveequal, verbequals sign, nounequation, nounequilateral triangle, nounexponential, adjectiveexpress, verbexpression, nounface, nounfigure, nounflow chart, nounformula, nounfraction, nounfractional, adjectivefunction, noungeometric, adjectivegeometry, noungraph, noungraphically, adverbgraph paper, noungrid, nounHCF, helix, nounheptagon, nounhexagon, nounhistogram, nounhypotenuse, nounimperial, adjectiveimproper fraction, nouninfinity, nouninformation theory, nouninnumerate, adjectiveinto, prepositioninverse, adjectiveisosceles triangle, nounline graph, log, nounlogarithm, nounlong division, nounlozenge, nounmath, nounmathematical, adjectivemathematician, nounmathematics, nounmatrix, nounmean, adjectivemedian, nounmedian, adjectivemetric, adjectiveminus, prepositionminus, nounminus, adjectiveminus sign, nounminute, nounmultiplication, nounmultiplication sign, nounmultiplication table, nounmultiply, verbN, nounnumber, nounnumerate, adjectivenumeration, nounoblong, adjectiveobtuse angle, nounoctagon, nounoval, nounparabola, nounparallel, adjectiveparallelogram, nounpentagon, nounpercentage, nounperimeter, nounperpendicular, nounpi, nounpictogram, nounpie chart, nounplane, nounplane geometry, nounplus, prepositionplus, nounplus, adjectiveplus sign, nounpolygon, nounpolyhedron, nounpower, nounprism, nounprobability, nounproof, nounproportion, nounproposition, nounprotractor, nounquadrangle, nounquadrant, nounquadratic equation, nounquadri-, prefixquadrilateral, nounradius, nounratio, nounrectangle, nounrectilinear, adjectiverecur, verbrhombus, nounright angle, nounright-angled triangle, nounroot, nounruler, nounscale, nounscalene triangle, nounscatter diagram, section, nounsegment, nounsemicircle, nounset square, nounsine, nounslide rule, nounsolid, adjectivesolid, nounsolution, nounsolve, verbsphere, nounsquare, adjectivesquare, nounsquare, verbsquare, adverbsquarely, adverbsquare root, nounsubset, nounsubtract, verbsubtraction, nounsum, nounsurface area, nounsymmetrical, adjectivesymmetry, nountangent, nounterm, nountheorem, nounthreefold, adjectivetimes, prepositiontrapezium, nountriangle, nountrigonometry, nountwo-dimensional, adjectivevalue, nounvariable, nounvector, nounVenn diagram, nounvertex, nounvertical, adjectivevolume, nounwork, verbX, nounx-axis, nouny-axis, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► perfect
1the quality of being symmetrical OPP asymmetrysymmetry of· The specimen is preserved in its original calcite; its lack of distortion may be seen from its perfect five-fold symmetry.· Her rib cage has perfect symmetry.· Their complete accord with singer and songs makes for the most perfect symmetry.· If an observer's eye is on the plane of reflection, perfect symmetry can be obtained.
VERB► give· However, it is given greater symmetry and therefore becomes a fairer competition for the contestants.· Reference to the column of the character table showing the Cartesian axis directions then gives the symmetry species directly.
the symmetry of the design2the quality that a situation has when two events or actions seem to be balanced or equal in some way OPP asymmetry: There was a certain symmetry to coming back to New York, where I started my artistic life all those years ago.