SYMMETRICAL

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I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities

Synonyms:

harmonious; proportionate; symmetrical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

balanced (being in a state of proper equilibrium)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts

Synonyms:

symmetric; symmetrical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

bilateral; bilaterally symmetric; bilaterally symmetrical; isobilateral (having identical parts on each side of an axis)

biradial (showing both bilateral and radial symmetry)

cruciate; cruciform (shaped like a cross)

even; regular (symmetrically arranged)

interchangeable ((mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged)

isosceles ((of a triangle) having two sides of equal length)

radial; radiate; stellate (arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center)

centrosymmetric; radially symmetrical (having a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central point)

rhombohedral; trigonal (having threefold symmetry)

Also:

parallel (being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting)

regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)

Antonym:

asymmetrical (characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components)

Derivation:

symmetricalness ((mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane)

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Context examples:

A genus of enveloped, spherical shaped viruses with surface glycoproteins that are arranged in a T=12 icosahedral symmetrical lattice, in the family Bunyaviridae.

(Phlebovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

The function generates a symmetrical curve, whose position and shape is determined by its location and scale parameters, the mean and standard deviation respectively.

(Normal Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

KU70 and KU80 form a dyad-symmetrical molecule with a preformed ring that encircles duplex DNA.

(Ku70 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Rare, chronic, papulo-vesicular disease characterized by an intensely pruritic eruption consisting of various combinations of symmetrical, erythematous, papular, vesicular, or bullous lesions.

(Dermatitis Herpetiformis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A pulsar is a spinning, magnetized neutron star that sweeps regular pulses of radiation in two symmetrical beams across the cosmos.

(NuSTAR Helps Find Universe's Brightest Pulsars, NASA)

A compound that can increase human cancer risk and consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a symmetrical 6-carbon ring structure with single and double bonds alternating around the ring (benzene ring) and in which at least one of the hydrogen atoms is substituted for a halogen (chlorine, bromine, fluorine) atom.