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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:
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:
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)
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.
(Carcinogenic Halogenated Aromatic Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)
