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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts [syn: symmetrical, symmetric] [ant: asymmetric, asymmetrical]
2: exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities [syn: harmonious, proportionate, symmetrical]

Merriam Webster's

or symmetric adjective Date: 1653 1. having, involving, or exhibiting symmetry 2. having corresponding points whose connecting lines are bisected by a given point or perpendicularly bisected by a given line or plane <symmetrical curves> 3. (symmetric) being such that the terms or variables may be interchanged without altering the value, character, or truth <symmetric equations> <R is a symmetric relation if aRb implies bRa> 4. a. capable of division by a longitudinal plane into similar halves <symmetrical plant parts> b. having the same number of members in each whorl of floral leaves <symmetrical flowers> 5. affecting corresponding parts simultaneously and similarly <symmetrical rash> 6. exhibiting symmetry in a structural formula; especially being a derivative with groups substituted symmetrically in the molecule • symmetrically adverb • symmetricalness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Symmetrical Sym*met"ric*al, a. [Cf. F. sym['e]trique. See Symmetry.] 1. Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building. 2. (Biol.) Having the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry. See Symmetry, 2. 3. (Bot.) (a) Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; -- said of flowers. (b) Having a likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular. 4. (Math.) Having a common measure; commensurable. (b) Having corresponding parts or relations. Note: A curve or a plane figure is symmetrical with respect to a given line, and a line, surface, or solid with respect to a plane, when for each point on one side of the line or plane there is a corresponding point on the other side, so situated that the line joining the two corresponding points is perpendicular to the line or plane and is bisected by it. Two solids are symmetrical when they are so situated with respect to an intervening plane that the several points of their surfaces thus correspond to each other in position and distance. In analysis, an expression is symmetrical with respect to several letters when any two of them may change places without affecting the expression; as, the expression a^2b + ab^2 + a^2c + ac^2 + b^2c + bc^2, is symmetrical with respect to the letters a, b, c. -- Sym*met"ric*al*ly, adv. -- Sym*met"ric*al*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is symmetrical, it has two halves which are exactly the same, except that one half is the mirror image of the other. ...the neat rows of perfectly symmetrical windows. ADJ • symmetrically The south garden at Sissinghurst was composed symmetrically. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Proportional (in the several parts), regular, shapely, harmonious, congruent, well-proportioned, well-set, well-formed.

Moby Thesaurus

apoise, arranged, balanced, businesslike, coequal, commensurable, commensurate, concinnate, concinnous, congruent, congruous, coordinate, equal, equibalanced, equilateral, equiponderant, equiponderous, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, eurythmic, even, finished, flowing, fluent, formal, habitual, harmonious, in hand, in proportion, measured, methodical, normal, ordered, orderly, poised, proportional, proportionate, proportioned, regular, routine, smooth, smooth-sounding, steady, sweet, symmetric, systematic, tripping, uniform, usual, well-balanced, well-ordered, well-proportioned, well-regulated, well-set, well-set-up