Definition of symmetry

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Symonds, John Addington >

sym·me·try    (sm-tr) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. sym·me·tries

1. Exact correspondence of form and constituent configuration on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane or about a center or an axis. See Synonyms at proportion.
2. A relationship of characteristic correspondence, equivalence, or identity among constituents of an entity or between different entities: the narrative symmetry of the novel.
3. Beauty as a result of balance or harmonious arrangement.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin symmetria, from Greek summetri, from summetros, of like measure : sun-, syn- + metron, measure; see m-² in Indo-European roots