radial symmetry
noun
: the condition of having similar parts regularly arranged around a central axis
radially symmetrical
adjective
Examples of radial symmetry in a Sentence
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The end result, constructed at Harvard, resembled the nave of a cathedral built by aliens to worship radial symmetry, or an iron maiden for punishing giant cubes.
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Caity Weaver, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
At the Rubenstein Arts Center on Duke University’s campus, an image from a microscope makes an alien landscape out of the knobby, radial symmetry of a sea urchin skeleton.
—Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 12 July 2018
Caity Weaver, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
At the Rubenstein Arts Center on Duke University’s campus, an image from a microscope makes an alien landscape out of the knobby, radial symmetry of a sea urchin skeleton.
—Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 12 July 2018
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First Known Use
1872, in the meaning defined above
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Kids Definition
radial symmetry
noun
: plant and animal symmetry in which similar parts are arranged in a balanced way around the center of the body compare bilateral symmetry
Medical Definition
radial symmetry
noun
: the condition of having similar parts regularly arranged around a central axis
radially symmetrical
adjective
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