symmetry

/ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹaɪ/

symmetry noun: exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.

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Noun

symmetry (countable and uncountable, plural symmetries)

Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.
- She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC

symmetry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

symmetry in Hindi

correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis: सममिति sammiti

symmetry in Tamil

சீரொருமை, ஒத்த அமைப்பு, இயைபு

symmetry in Marathi

सममिती, समरूपता, सममितीयता

symmetry in Urdu

سمیٹری

More languagesFewer languages

symmetry in Bengali: প্রতিসাম্য, সামঞ্জস্য
symmetry in Telugu: సౌస్టవం sausṭavaṁ
symmetry in Malayalam: സമമാനം, സമമിതി, പ്രതിസമത, ക്രമം
symmetry in Kannada: ಸರಿಬದಿ, ಹೊಂದಿಕೆ, ಸಮಾನತೆ, ಸಮಪಾರ್ಶ್ವತೆ
symmetry in Punjabi: ਸਮਰੂਪਤਾ
symmetry in Gujarati: સમપ્રમાણતા, સપ્રમાણતા, સમરૂપતા
symmetry in Odia: ସମରୂପତା, ସମମିତି, ପ୍ରତିସାମ୍ଯ
symmetry in Nepali: समरूपता, सममिति, सिमेट्री
symmetry in Tagalog: parianyo
symmetry in Arabic: تَنَاظُر tanāẓur
symmetry in Indonesian: simetris, simetri
symmetry in Persian: تقارن taqâron
symmetry in Thai: ความสมมาตร kwaam-sŏm-mâat, ความสมดุล kwaam-sà-má-dun
symmetry in Vietnamese: sự đối xứng

Examples of symmetry in a sentence

The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.
That new study on noncommutative symmetries looks promising.
E.g., orthochrysotile is an orthorhombic chrysotile, orthopyroxene is a pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals, orthohexagonal is having orthorhombic hexagonal symmetry.

All 40 example sentences with symmetry

Forms of symmetry

plural	symmetries

Plural of symmetry: symmetries

Origin of symmetry

From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, sym- + -metry.

Phrases with symmetry

Questions about symmetry

What does symmetry mean?: Symmetry means exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
What is symmetry in Hindi?: Symmetry in Hindi is सममिति (sammiti). See Symmetry meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is symmetry?: Symmetry is a noun.
How do you pronounce symmetry?: Symmetry is pronounced /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹaɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of symmetry?: The plural of symmetry is symmetries.

Words near symmetry in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: symmetry (page history and authors); symmetry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); symmetry (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetry (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); symmetry (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); symmetry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); symmetry (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetry (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetry (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symmetry (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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