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What (who) is Symmetry - definition

STATE; BALANCE OF OBJECT
Symmetries; Symmetric; Symmetrical; Symmetry transformation; Symmetry principles; Symettry; Symmetry and asymmetry; Planar symmetry; Symmetric property; Chemical symmetry elements; Symetrical; Symmetry (music); ⌯; Quadrilateral symmetry; Musical symmetry
  • Symmetry (left) and [[asymmetry]] (right)
  • A [[fractal]]-like shape that has [[reflectional symmetry]], [[rotational symmetry]] and [[self-similarity]], three forms of symmetry. This shape is obtained by a [[finite subdivision rule]].
  • Many animals are approximately mirror-symmetric, though internal organs are often arranged asymmetrically.
  • Persian rug with rectangular symmetry
  • Great Mosque of Kairouan]] also called the Mosque of Uqba, in [[Tunisia]].
  • The ceiling of [[Lotfollah mosque]], [[Isfahan]], [[Iran]] has 8-fold symmetries.
  • Clay pots thrown on a [[pottery wheel]] acquire rotational symmetry.
  • A spherical [[symmetry group]] with [[octahedral symmetry]]. The yellow region shows the [[fundamental domain]].
  • [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s '[[Vitruvian Man]]' (ca. 1487) is often used as a representation of symmetry in the human body and, by extension, the natural universe.
  • Seen from the side, the [[Taj Mahal]] has bilateral symmetry; from the top (in plan), it has fourfold symmetry.
  • The [[triskelion]] has 3-fold rotational symmetry.
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symmetry         
n.
Proportion, harmony, shapeliness, regularity, order, regular arrangement.
symmetry         
['s?m?tri]
¦ noun (plural symmetries) the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.
?correct or pleasing proportion of parts.
?similarity or exact correspondence.
?Physics & Mathematics the property of being unchanged by a given operation or process.
Derivatives
symmetrize or symmetrise verb
Origin
C16: from Fr. symetrie or L. symmetria, from Gk, from sun- 'with' + metron 'measure'.
Symmetry         
·noun Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.
II. Symmetry ·noun Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.
III. Symmetry ·noun The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical.
IV. Symmetry ·noun A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.

Wikipedia

Symmetry

Symmetry (from Ancient Greek: συμμετρία symmetria "agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement") in everyday language refers to a sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance. In mathematics, "symmetry" has a more precise definition, and is usually used to refer to an object that is invariant under some transformations; including translation, reflection, rotation or scaling. Although these two meanings of "symmetry" can sometimes be told apart, they are intricately related, and hence are discussed together in this article.

Mathematical symmetry may be observed with respect to the passage of time; as a spatial relationship; through geometric transformations; through other kinds of functional transformations; and as an aspect of abstract objects, including theoretic models, language, and music.

This article describes symmetry from three perspectives: in mathematics, including geometry, the most familiar type of symmetry for many people; in science and nature; and in the arts, covering architecture, art and music.

The opposite of symmetry is asymmetry, which refers to the absence or a violation of symmetry.

Examples of use of Symmetry
1. Inflation targeting, in whatever guise, means symmetry.
2. There was symmetry in the batting of Cook and Collingwood.
3. In contrast, cnidarians seem to lack such symmetry completely.
4. Nambu introduced his description of spontaneous symmetry violation into particle physics in 1'60.
5. Where, remotely, is the symmetry of fairness in any of this?