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SYMMETRICALNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Synonyms:
balance; correspondence; symmetricalness; symmetry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("symmetricalness" is a kind of...):
spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "symmetricalness"):
geometrical regularity; regularity (a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles)
bilateral symmetry; bilateralism; bilaterality (the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane)
radial symmetry (the property of symmetry about an axis)
Derivation:
symmetrical (having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts)
