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symmetrize

symmetrize verb: to make or become symmetric.

Verb

symmetrize (third-person singular simple present symmetrizes, present participle symmetrizing, simple past and past participle symmetrized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive) To make or become symmetric.

Forms of symmetrize

third-person singular presentsymmetrizes
present participlesymmetrizing
past participlesymmetrized
pastsymmetrized
alternative formsymmetrise

Origin of symmetrize

Either from French symétriser or symmetry + -ize.

Words formed from symmetrize

Questions about symmetrize

What does symmetrize mean?
Symmetrize means to make or become symmetric.
What part of speech is symmetrize?
Symmetrize is a verb.
What is the past tense of symmetrize?
The past tense of symmetrize is symmetrized.

Words near symmetrize in the dictionary

  1. symmetrists
  2. symmetrizability
  3. symmetrizable
  4. symmetrization
  5. symmetrizations
  6. symmetrize
  7. symmetrized
  8. symmetrizer
  9. symmetrizers
  10. symmetrizes
  11. symmetrizing

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