- noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by an axis: Points (1, 1) and (1, −1) are symmetrical with respect to the x-axis.
- noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same axis.
- noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by a point or center: The points (1, 1) and (−1, −1) are symmetrical with respect to (0, 0).
- noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same center.
- noting a square matrix that is equal to its transpose.
- noting a dyad or dyadic that is equal to its conjugate.
- noting a relation in which one element in relation to a second implies the second in relation to the first.
- divisible into two similar parts by more than one plane passing through the center; actinomorphic.
- (of a flower) having the same number of parts in each whorl.
- having a structure that exhibits a regular repeated pattern of the component parts.
- noting a benzene derivative in which three substitutions have occurred at alternate carbon atoms.
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The vehicle has a four-seat, face-to-face symmetrical seating configuration, similar to what a train traveler might encounter.This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 19)|Singularity Hub Staff|December 19, 2020|Singularity Hub
In this work, Le Corbusier developed his concept of the city as a symmetrical, regulated, and highly centralized landscape.Future Cities: New Challenges Mean We Need to Reimagine the Look of Urban Landscapes|Nick Dunn|December 18, 2020|Singularity Hub
ORCs are too symmetrical, and we don’t see a cluster at their center.These ghostly circles in the sky came out of nowhere|By Ray Norris/The Conversation|December 4, 2020|Popular Science
Normally, symmetrical gigabit speeds require a fiber-to-the-home connection.Comcast says gigabit downloads and uploads are now possible over cable|Jon Brodkin|October 8, 2020|Ars Technica
The Pixel 5 looks like it has fully symmetrical bezels all the way around instead of a thicker chin on the bottom like the cheaper 4a.Google’s Pixel 5 has a metal back, wireless charging and costs $699|Ron Amadeo|September 30, 2020|Ars Technica
It takes Sharp four hours to get into character: “I take joy in the mathematical, symmetrical precision and perfectness of Bach.”
It has the swooping, symmetrical grace of a bird's wingspan.The World's Most Beautiful Boat—Yours for Half a Billion Dollars|Tim Teeman|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This means closely examining photos for sought-after traits like height and a symmetrical face.
Yes, Israel has nukes, and that technology has made Israel safe from symmetrical attack.Memo to Bibi Netanyahu: It’s Time to Build an Arsenal of Awe|Lloyd Green|December 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All of them are beautiful and sexy by agreed standards (fit, slender yet shapely, big eyes, symmetrical features).
The curve is symmetrical about the axis of y and has the axis of x for its asymptote.
They differ from the barnacles in having a symmetrical shell, and being destitute of a flexible stalk.
The semblance of balance is marked, also, in those stripes which are not symmetrical.Chincha Plain-weave cloths|Lila M. O'Neale
It is an irregularly cylindrical structure, divided into two lateral, symmetrical halves by fissures.Special Report on Diseases of the Horse|United States Department of Agriculture
The upper part is not symmetrical, but no new decorative element is introduced.Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895|Jesse Walter Fewkes
British Dictionary definitions for symmetrical
- (of two points) capable of being joined by a line that is bisected by a given point or bisected perpendicularly by a given line or planethe points ( x, y ) and ( –x, –y ) are symmetrical about the origin
- (of a configuration) having pairs of points that are symmetrical about a given point, line, or planea circle is symmetrical about a diameter
- (of an equation or function of two or more variables) remaining unchanged in form after an interchange of two variablesx + y = z is a symmetrical equation