symmetry
noun
- transformation which leaves a system unchanged
- condition of having symmetries
- property of a binary relation that it works in both directions
- state; balance of object
- geometrical property and transformation
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹaɪ/ / /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹi/
noun
Etymology: From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, sym- + -metry.
- 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.”