symmetry

English

Etymology

From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Synchronically, syn- +‎ -metry.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭʹmĭtrĭ, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmɪtɹɪ/

Noun

symmetry (countable and uncountable, plural symmetries)

1. Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
2. (uncountable) The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.

Related terms

• symmetric

Translations

correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis

• Arabic: تَنَاظِر m (tanāẓir)
• Belarusian: сіме́трыя f (simjétryja)
• Bulgarian: симе́трия (bg) f (simétrija)
• Catalan: simetria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對稱性 / 对称性 (zh), 对称性 (zh) (duìchēngxìng), 對稱 / 对称 (zh), 对称 (zh) (duìchēng)

• Czech: souměrnost f, symetrie f
• Dutch: symmetrie (nl) c
• Esperanto: simetrio
• Finnish: symmetria (fi)
• French: symétrie (fr) f
• Galician: simetría f
• Georgian: სიმეტრია (simeṭria)
• German: Symmetrie (de) f
• Greek: συμμετρία (el) f (symmetría)
• Hawaiian: ʻālikelike
• Hindi: सममिति (hi) (sammiti)
• Hungarian: szimmetria (hu)
• Irish: siméadracht f
• Italian: simmetria (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 対称性 (たいしょうせい, taishōsei), 対称 (ja) (たいしょう, taishō)
• Korean: 대칭성 (ko) (daechingseong), 대칭 (ko) (daeching)
• Macedonian: симе́трија f (simétrija)
• Maori: hangarite
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: symmetri m

  Nynorsk: symmetri m

• Portuguese: simetria (pt) f
• Romanian: simetrie (ro) f
• Russian: симме́трия (ru) f (simmétrija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: simètrija (sh) f

• Slovene: simetrija f
• Spanish: simetría (es) f
• Tagalog: parianyo
• Telugu: సౌస్టవం (sausṭavaṁ)
• Thai: ความสมมาตร (kwaam-sŏm-mâat)
• Ukrainian: симе́трія f (symétrija)
• Vietnamese: sự đối xứng

satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: tasapaino (fi)
• French: symétrie (fr) f
• Galician: simetría f
• Georgian: სიმეტრია (simeṭria)
• Irish: siméadracht f
• Italian: simmetria (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: симе́трија f (simétrija)
• Maori: hangarite
• Portuguese: simetria (pt) f
• Russian: симме́трия (ru) f (simmétrija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: simètrija (sh) f

• Slovene: simetrija f
• Thai: ความสมดุล (kwaam-sà-má-dun)