RADIAL SYMMETRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radial symmetry mean? 

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

1. the property of symmetry about an axis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIAL SYMMETRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of symmetry about an axis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the starfish illustrates radial symmetry

Hypernyms ("radial 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)

Antonym:

radial asymmetry (the absence of symmetry about an axis)