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symmetry3 entries found for symmetry.To select an entry, click on it. (Click 'Go' if nothing happens.) Main Entry: sym·me·try Pronunciation: Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural -tries 1 : correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or median plane or about a center or axis -- see BILATERAL SYMMETRY, RADIAL SYMMETRY 2 : the property of remaining invariant under certain changes (as of orientation in space, of the sign of the electric charge, of parity, or of the direction of time flow) -- used of physical phenomena and of equations describing them
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