symmetric
/sɪˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
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Australia/sɪˈmet.ɹɪk/
symmetric adjective: synonym of symmetrical.
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Adjective
symmetric (comparative more symmetric, superlative most symmetric)
- Synonym of symmetrical
- Synonyms:
- symmetrical
- Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of S (that is, if the relation holds between any element and a second, it also holds between the second and the first).
- "Is a sibling of" is a symmetric relation.
- Using the same key (or keys that are trivially related) for both encryption and decryption.
symmetric meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
symmetric in Hindi
- सममित, सममितीय
symmetric in Tamil
- சமச்சீரான, சீரமைந்த, சமச்சீர்மை, செவ்வொழுங்கான
symmetric in Urdu
- سمیٹریک
symmetric in Bengali
- প্রতিসম
More languagesFewer languages
- symmetric in Telugu
- సిమెట్రిక్
- symmetric in Malayalam
- സിമെട്രിക്ക്
- symmetric in Kannada
- ಸಮ್ಮಿತೀಯ
- symmetric in Gujarati
- સમપ્રમાણ
- symmetric in Odia
- ସମମିତ
- symmetric in Nepali
- सममित, सममितीय
- symmetric in Tagalog
- parinayo
Synonyms of symmetric
Forms of symmetric
| comparative | more symmetric |
|---|---|
| superlative | most symmetric |
Origin of symmetric
From symmetry + -ic, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría).
Words formed from symmetric
- antisymmetric
- assosymmetric
- asymmetric
- axisymmetric
- axi-symmetric
- bisymmetric
- Carlson symmetric form
- centrosymmetric
- dissymmetric
- elementary symmetric polynomial
- enantioasymmetric
- enantiosymmetric
- hypersymmetric
- isosymmetric
- merosymmetric
- monosymmetric
- nonsymmetric
- orthosymmetric
- persymmetric
- polysymmetric
- pseudosymmetric
- quasisymmetric
- radiosymmetric
- semisymmetric
- skew-symmetric determinant
- skew-symmetric matrix
- skewsymmetric
- skew symmetric
- skew-symmetric
- strongly symmetric matter
- supersymmetric
- symmetric complement
- symmetric difference
- symmetric function
- symmetric group
- symmetrician
- symmetricity
- symmetric matrix
- symmetric polynomial
- unsymmetric
- weakly symmetric matter
Phrases with symmetric
Questions about symmetric
- What does symmetric mean?
- Symmetric means synonym of symmetrical.
- What is symmetric in Hindi?
- Symmetric in Hindi is सममित, सममितीय. See Symmetric meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is symmetric?
- Symmetric is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce symmetric?
- Symmetric is pronounced /sɪˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ (UK).
Words near symmetric in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: symmetric (page history and authors); symmetric (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetric (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); symmetric (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetric (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetric (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetric (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetric (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetric (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetric (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetric (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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