symmetry

Word family adjectivesymmetralsymmetricnounsymmetriansymmetricalnesssymmetrizationsymmetrysymmetrophobiaadverbsymmetricallyverbsymmetrize

Related topics: Shapes, patterns, Maths

sym·me·try /ˈsɪmətri/ noun [uncountableU]

1 REGULARthe quality of being symmetrical 对称 OPP asymmetry

symmetry of

the symmetry of the design

图案的对称性

2 the quality that a situation has when two events or actions seem to be balanced or equal in some way 相似；相等 OPP asymmetry

There was a certain symmetry to coming back to New York, where I started my artistic life all those years ago.

人生的经历似乎是对称的，我又回到了纽约，那里是我早年开始艺术生涯的地方。

Examples from the Corpus

symmetry• There is a symmetry about this, about their relationship with the clock of the century, that calls for celebration.• And symmetry was at stake too, since Bush will be at the Gothenburg summit next month.• What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?• It was a well-proportioned house, Lissa decided, the lines drawn with an unfailing eye for symmetry and beauty.• They can be analyzed using local symmetry.• This idea is attractive because it would mean a nice symmetry between the expanding and contracting phases.• The tentacles are arranged in a circlet about the mouth, and the coelenterates are typified by such radial symmetry.• We were impressed by the symmetry and the elegance of the city.

Origin symmetry

(1500-1600) Latin symmetria, from Greek, from symmetros “symmetrical”, from syn- ( → SYN-) + metron “measure”

词汇	symmetry
释义	symmetry Word family adjectivesymmetralsymmetricnounsymmetriansymmetricalnesssymmetrizationsymmetrysymmetrophobiaadverbsymmetricallyverbsymmetrize Related topics: Shapes, patterns, Maths sym·me·try /ˈsɪmətri/ ●○○ noun [uncountableU] 1 REGULARthe quality of being symmetrical 对称 OPP asymmetry symmetry of the symmetry of the design 图案的对称性 2 the quality that a situation has when two events or actions seem to be balanced or equal in some way 相似；相等 OPP asymmetry There was a certain symmetry to coming back to New York, where I started my artistic life all those years ago. 人生的经历似乎是对称的，我又回到了纽约，那里是我早年开始艺术生涯的地方。 Examples from the Corpus symmetry• There is a symmetry about this, about their relationship with the clock of the century, that calls for celebration.• And symmetry was at stake too, since Bush will be at the Gothenburg summit next month.• What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?• It was a well-proportioned house, Lissa decided, the lines drawn with an unfailing eye for symmetry and beauty.• They can be analyzed using local symmetry.• This idea is attractive because it would mean a nice symmetry between the expanding and contracting phases.• The tentacles are arranged in a circlet about the mouth, and the coelenterates are typified by such radial symmetry.• We were impressed by the symmetry and the elegance of the city. Origin symmetry (1500-1600) Latin symmetria, from Greek, from symmetros “symmetrical”, from syn- ( → SYN-) + metron “measure”
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