SYMMETRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does symmetric mean? 

• SYMMETRIC (adjective)
  The adjective SYMMETRIC has 1 sense:

1. having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts

  Familiarity information: SYMMETRIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYMMETRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

symmetric; symmetrical

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)

Derivation:

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

symmetry (balance among the parts of something)

 Context examples 

Persistent, symmetric, and painless blue discoloration of the extremities.

(Acrocyanosis, NCI Thesaurus)

During examination of the newborn infant, the examiner looks for symmetric movement of the lip corners.

(Movement of Lip Corners, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common clinical presentation is a symmetric distal mixed sensorimotor polyneuropathy.

(Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A neoplastic process characterized by a symmetric poorly circumscribed overgrowth of adipose tissue in the neck.

(Cervical Symmetrical Lipomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in this gene are associated with Vohwinkel syndrome with ichthyosis and with progressive symmetric erythrokeratoderma.

(LOR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

If such a lesion occurs uniformly throughout the prostate, for example, with lobular expansion by connecting large and small duct profiles (with similar cytologic atypia), and a symmetric lower power architecture, this should likely be considered an in situ process (e.g., images LPBTag12T5-7689DLP(10x); TRAMP538(10x); LPBTag12T7f-7874DLP(10x)).

(High Grade Mouse Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

While there was a prominent dip in brightness occurring every 4.5 hours, blocking up to 40 percent of the white dwarf's light, the transit signal of the tiny planet did not exhibit the typical symmetric U-shaped pattern.

(K2 Finds Dead Star Vaporizing a Mini 'Planet', NASA)

This concept is particularly evident when architecturally distinct foci of unequivocal stromal or periprostatic fat invasion (of small crowded glands, single cells, or nests of cells) occur against this more uniform symmetric lobular expansion HGPIN background.

(High Grade Mouse Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)