Meaning & use
symmetry
The quality of having balanced, matching proportions on either side of a dividing line or point.
See it in a sentence
The butterfly's wings show near-perfect symmetry in their color and pattern.
Architects designed the palace's facade with careful symmetry around the entrance.
A note on using this word
Common in both art and mathematics, where it can describe shapes that map onto themselves through reflection or rotation.
Words with a similar meaning
balanceproportion
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Words with an opposite meaning
asymmetry
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