Noun symmetry has 3 senses
  1. symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
    --1 is a kind of spatial property, spatiality
    Antonyms: asymmetry, imbalance
    --1 has particulars:
     regularity, geometrical regularity; bilaterality, bilateralism, bilateral symmetry; radial symmetry
    Derived forms: verb symmetrize1, verb symmetrise1
  2. symmetry, proportion - balance among the parts of something
    --2 is a kind of balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
    Derived forms: verb symmetrize1, verb symmetrise1
  3. isotropy, symmetry - (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions
    --3 is a kind of property
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