Symmetrical (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  2. Geometry.
    • noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by an axis: Points (1, 1) and (1, −1) are symmetrical with respect to the x-axis.
    • noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same axis.
    • noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by a point or center: The points (1, 1) and (−1, −1) are symmetrical with respect to (0, 0).
    • noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same center.
  3. Usually symmetric .Mathematics.
    • noting a square matrix that is equal to its transpose.
    • noting a dyad or dyadic that is equal to its conjugate.
    • noting a relation in which one element in relation to a second implies the second in relation to the first.
  4. Botany.
    • divisible into two similar parts by more than one plane passing through the center; actinomorphic.
    • (of a flower) having the same number of parts in each whorl.
  5. Chemistry.
    • having a structure that exhibits a regular repeated pattern of the component parts.
    • noting a benzene derivative in which three substitutions have occurred at alternate carbon atoms.
  6. affecting corresponding parts simultaneously, as certain diseases.
adjective
  1. possessing or displaying symmetry
  2. maths
    • (of two points) capable of being joined by a line that is bisected by a given point or bisected perpendicularly by a given line or plane
    • (of a configuration) having pairs of points that are symmetrical about a given point, line, or plane
    • (of an equation or function of two or more variables) remaining unchanged in form after an interchange of two variables
  3. (of a compound) having a molecular structure in which substituents are symmetrical about the molecule
  4. botany another word for isomerous
  5. (of a disease, infection, etc) affecting both sides of the body or corresponding parts, such as both legs
Symmetrical (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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