Look up: symmetry

1. Symmetry
   Symmetry is implied when data values are distributed in the same way above and below the middle of the sample.
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2. symmetry
   [n] - balance among the parts of something 2. [n] - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape
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3. Symmetry
   A modelling option in which any changes made to the model are duplicated across an axis of reflectional symmetry. This makes it possible to create complex symmetrical objects, such as a human or animal head, without having to work directly on more than one half of the model.
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4. symmetry
   (Learning Modules / Mathematics / Beam calculations) Used to describe something that looks the same on the left as on the right - as if there were a mirror down the middle.
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5. Symmetry
   A design term describing individual pages or two-page spreads characterised by left-right balance.
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6. symmetry
   the degree of equality between the servovalve normal flow gain of one polarity and that of the reversed polarity.Symmetry is measured as the difference in normal flow gain of each polarity,expressed as percentage of the greater Category: Physics • implied when data values are distributed...
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7. Symmetry
   symmetry occurs when a building can be split into two mirrored parts.
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8. Symmetry
   Sym'me·try noun [ Latin symmetria , Greek ...; sy`n with, together + ... a measure: confer French symétrie . See Syn- , and Meter rhythm.] 1. A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other...
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9. symmetry
   1. A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole. ... 2. <biology> The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in for...
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10. symmetry
    symmetricalness noun (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
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11. symmetry
    proportion noun balance among the parts of something
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12. symmetry
    (sim´ә-tre) correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, or around an axis. adj., symmet´rical., adj. bilateral symmetry the configuration of an irregularly shaped body (such as the human body or that of higher animals) that can be di...
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13. Symmetry
    • (n.) Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity. • (n.) Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower. • (n.) A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several p...
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14. symmetry
    (from the article `nature, philosophy of`) Symmetry is one of the chief concepts of modern mathematics, which combines the different symmetries belonging to an object or a concept into groups ...
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15. symmetry
    (from the article `formal logic`) ...a second, it also holds between that second object and the first. This expression is not valid, since it is true for some relations but false for ... ...three types can be classed in terms of certain distinctions commonly drawn in the logic of relations: that of reflexivity (whether holding of ... ...
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16. symmetry
    in biology, the repetition of the parts in an animal or plant in an orderly fashion. Specifically, symmetry refers to a correspondence of body ... [4 related articles]
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17. symmetry
    in crystallography, fundamental property of the orderly arrangements of atoms found in crystalline solids. Each arrangement of atoms has a certain ... [2 related articles]
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18. symmetry
    in physics, the concept that the properties of particles such as atoms and molecules remain unchanged after being subjected to a variety of symmetry ... [8 related articles]
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19. symmetry
    symmetry, generally speaking, a balance or correspondence between various parts of an object; the term symmetry is used both in the arts and in the sciences. In art and design, it is often used in a somewhat loose sense, to mean a kind of balance in which the corresponding parts are not necessarily ...
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20. Symmetry
    A dyadic relation R is symmetric if, for all x and y in the field of R, xRy ? yRx; it is asymmetric if, for all x and y in the field of R, xRy ? ~ yRx; non-symmetric if there are x and y in the field of R such that [xRy] [~ yRx]. An n-adic propositional function F is symmetric if F(x₁, x_{2
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21. symmetry
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sim′ĕ-trē Definitions: 1. Equality or correspondence in form of parts distributed around a center or an axis, at the extremities or poles, or on the opposite sides of any body.
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22. symmetry
    Exact likeness in shape about a given line (axis), point, or plane. A figure has symmetry if one half can be rotated and/or reflected onto the other. (Symmetry preserves length, angle, but not necessarily orientation.) In a wider sense, symmetry exists if a change in the system leaves the essential features of the system unchanged; for exam...
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23. Symmetry
    Pleasing balance between all parts of the dog.
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24. symmetry
    Physicists use symmetries to restrict possible theories of fundamental particles. As an analogy, consider the human face. If you were able to see only the right side of a person's face, you would still be able to guess what the other side of the face looks like, because of the symmetry that our bodi...
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25. symmetry
    A design (or composition) with identical or nearly identical form on opposite sides of a dividing line or central axis; formal balance.
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