symmetry
English
/ˈsɪmɪtɹi/
noun
Definitions
- Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
- The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.
Etymology
Derived from Latin symmetria (symmetry) derived from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (symmetry).
Origin
Ancient Greek
συμμετρία
Gloss
symmetry
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisymmetry English
- asymmetry English
- bisymmetry English
- centrosymmetry English
- dissymmetry English
- hypersymmetry English
- magnetoasymmetry English
- monosymmetry English
- persymmetry English
- polysymmetry English
- presymmetry English
- pseudoasymmetry English
- pseudosymmetry English
- radiosymmetric English
- radiosymmetry English
- subsymmetry English
- supersymmetry English
- symmetrism English
- symmetrist English
- symmetron English
- symmetrophobia English
- unsymmetry English
- symmetria Latin
- Symmetrie German
- simmetria Italian
- symétrie French
- simetría Spanish, Castilian
- μέτρον Ancient Greek
- συμμετρία Ancient Greek
- σύμμετρος Ancient Greek
- symmetri Norwegian Bokmål
- simetria Portuguese
- symmetri Swedish
- symmetri Norwegian Nynorsk
- siméadracht Irish
- symmetri Danish
- simetrija Serbo-Croatian
- симетрија Serbo-Croatian
- simetria Catalan, Valencian
- simetrija Latvian
- симетрија Macedonian
- simetrija Lithuanian