Associations to the word «Symmetry»

Wiktionary

SYMMETRY, noun. Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
SYMMETRY, noun. (uncountable) The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.

Dictionary definition

SYMMETRY, noun. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane.
SYMMETRY, noun. Balance among the parts of something.
SYMMETRY, noun. (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats