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symmetrophile

symmetrophile noun: a lover of symmetry.

Noun

symmetrophile (plural symmetrophiles)

  1. A lover of symmetry.
    • The revised formulas not only give u a role equally prominent to those given the proportions for the other response patterns (thus pleasing symmetrophiles), but they also yield the relationships required by the conceptual framework.1963 December, Richard H. Willis, “Two Dimensions of Conformity-Noncomformity”, in Sociometry: A Journal of Research in Social Psychology, volume 26, number 4, Albany, N.Y.: American Sociological...
    • When Moira goes back to counting calories, Cathy passes the plate out the window to the starving Ouspenskiy, who, banned once more from the house by symmetrophile Clive, has been lurking on the back porch.1988, Clement Biddle Wood, Ocean Vu, Jog to Beach: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 138

Examples of symmetrophile in a sentence

  • The Matco wheel/brake units are also a good choice, and for obsessive symmetrophiles they can be fitted so the tire's plane of symmetry coincides with that of the fuselage.2008 December 10, Bob Kuykendall, “Jantar 3 Axle Diameter?”, in rec.aviation.soaring (Usenet):
  • Symmetrophiles calibrated to the milieu were skeletal sloops rigged with prettily cut jibs and tawdry spinnakers.2016, Frank Morris, The Pearl in the Diamond World, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 59:

Forms of symmetrophile

pluralsymmetrophiles

Origin of symmetrophile

From symmetro- + -phile.

Questions about symmetrophile

What does symmetrophile mean?
Symmetrophile means a lover of symmetry.
How do you use symmetrophile in a sentence?
The Matco wheel/brake units are also a good choice, and for obsessive symmetrophiles they can be fitted so the tire's plane of symmetry coincides with that of the fuselage.
What part of speech is symmetrophile?
Symmetrophile is a noun.
What is the plural of symmetrophile?
The plural of symmetrophile is symmetrophiles.

Words near symmetrophile in the dictionary

  1. symmetrodonts
  2. symmetrological
  3. symmetrologically
  4. symmetron
  5. symmetrons
  6. symmetrophile
  7. symmetrophiles
  8. symmetrophobia
  9. symmetry
  10. symmetry group
  11. symmetry groups

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