as in proportion
a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts
planted azalea bushes on both sides of the front steps for symmetry
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Recent Examples of symmetry
Noether discovered that for every continuous symmetry of a system, there is a conserved quantity—that is, a quantity that remains unchanged over time.
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 June 2026
Perfect for brunch or a city stroll, this chocolate sandal has the symmetry and balance Libra craves.
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Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
People who believe in numerology often consider palindrome dates lucky because of their symmetry, according to the Farmer's Almanac.
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Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
But the Multiverse team saw that including all the symmetries possible in the system reduced the number that had to be considered independently.
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ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for symmetry
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 June 2026
Perfect for brunch or a city stroll, this chocolate sandal has the symmetry and balance Libra craves.
—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
People who believe in numerology often consider palindrome dates lucky because of their symmetry, according to the Farmer's Almanac.
—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
But the Multiverse team saw that including all the symmetries possible in the system reduced the number that had to be considered independently.
—
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for symmetry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for symmetry
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FactSet tracks the distribution of individual stock ratings; there have not been a higher proportion of Buys back to 2009.
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The art was in selection, proportion and rhythm.
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Stop seeking harmony and start seeking the truth.
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Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg contributes upright bass, Rob Moose supplies string arrangements, Caroline Shaw handles vocal arrangements and harmonies, and Blake Mills, Christian Lee Hutson, Marshall Vore and Nate Walcott all make appearances.
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The shape of the heel with a wider base provides more support, providing significantly more stability, balance, and weight distribution than traditional slim or stiletto heels.
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Globally, the top concern is work-life balance, specifically when job demands consistently exceed the time and energy workers have to meet them.
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There might be really only a couple of musical numbers, the rest of Bizet’s score is more subtly suggested in clever orchestrations by composers Amine Bouhafa and Isabelle Laudenbach.
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Stripe began as a payments API and has since expanded into billing, issuing, fraud, treasury orchestration, and, through its acquisition of Bridge in late 2024, stablecoin infrastructure.
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Studies are increasingly showing a strong correlation between time spent with messages and EHRs and physician burnout rates.
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But there are more forces at play right now, and the prices of oil and gold don’t, in reality, show a very strong correlation.
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This unity of purpose is amplified by a newly uniform soundscape.
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The blender, like the writer, is searching for complementarity, for the moment when diversity becomes unity, when differences become harmony.
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The next competitive advantage is coherence.
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What’s beyond dispute is that it has been meticulously designed to harness sound frequencies and equipped with an orchestra of instruments, from singing bowls to a crystal harp, that have been custom-made for tonal coherence.
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The clock is ticking, again, and their resources and equilibrium have dwindled, again.
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But Claire has her limits from the lopsided equilibrium — Libras bounce when the romantic balance is off-kilter.
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“Symmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symmetry. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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