| SYMMETRY | • symmetry n. Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis. • symmetry n. The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole. • SYMMETRY n. exact correspondence between the opposite halves of a figure. |
| ASYMMETRY | • asymmetry n. Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such… • asymmetry n. The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability. • ASYMMETRY n. lack of symmetry. |
| BISYMMETRY | • bisymmetry n. (Mathematics) The property of being bisymmetric. • BISYMMETRY n. symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other. |
| EMBRYOTOMY | • embryotomy n. (Medicine) The act of cutting a foetus into pieces within the womb, so that it can be removed. • EMBRYOTOMY n. the cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal. |
| UNSYMMETRY | • unsymmetry n. Lack of symmetry. • UNSYMMETRY n. a lack of symmetry. |
| AXISYMMETRY | • axisymmetry n. Symmetry about an axis; rotational symmetry. • AXISYMMETRY n. the state of being axisymmetric. |
| DISSYMMETRY | • dissymmetry n. Asymmetry. • dissymmetry n. (Obsolete, chemistry) chirality. • DISSYMMETRY n. the absence of or the lack of symmetry. |
| DYNAMOMETRY | • dynamometry n. The measurement of forces doing work. • DYNAMOMETRY n. measurement by dynamometer. |
| EMBRYECTOMY | • embryectomy n. (Surgery) Removal of an embryo/fetus, especially if implanted outside of the uterus. • EMBRYECTOMY n. the surgical removal of an embryo. |
| MONOSYMMETRY | • monosymmetry n. The quality of being monosymmetrical. • MONOSYMMETRY n. the state of being monosymmetric, having only one plane of symmetry. |
| METHYLMERCURY | • methylmercury n. (Chemical compound) The organometallic cation CH3Hg+; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment… • methyl␣mercury n. Alternative spelling of methylmercury. • METHYLMERCURY n. any of several extremely toxic organometallic compounds formed from metallic mercury by the action of microorganisms. |
| SUPERSYMMETRY | • supersymmetry n. (Physics) A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical… • SUPERSYMMETRY n. the correspondence between fermions and bosons of identical mass that is postulated to have existed during the opening moments of the big bang and that relates gravity to the other forces of nature. |
| SYMMETRICALLY | • symmetrically adv. In a symmetrical manner; so as to show symmetry. • SYMMETRICAL adv. having symmetry, also SYMMETRIC. |
| ASYMMETRICALLY | • asymmetrically adv. In an asymmetric manner. • ASYMMETRICAL adv. not symmetrical, also ASYMMETRIC. |
| PSEUDOSYMMETRY | • pseudosymmetry n. Apparent symmetry of a crystal due to twinning. • PSEUDOSYMMETRY n. a deceptively close approach by a crystal to a higher degree of symmetry. |
| BISYMMETRICALLY | • BISYMMETRICAL adv. showing symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other, also BISYMMETRIC. |
| UNSYMMETRICALLY | • unsymmetrically adv. In an unsymmetrical way. • UNSYMMETRICAL adv. not symmetrical. |