BILATERAL SYMMETRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bilateral symmetry mean? 

• BILATERAL SYMMETRY (noun)
  The noun BILATERAL SYMMETRY has 1 sense:

1. the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane

  Familiarity information: BILATERAL SYMMETRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BILATERAL SYMMETRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bilateral symmetry; bilateralism; bilaterality

Hypernyms ("bilateral symmetry" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

A class of unsegmented helminths with fundamental bilateral symmetry and secondary triradiate symmetry of the oral and esophageal structures.

(Nematoda, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)