SYMMETRIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does symmetrize mean? 

• SYMMETRIZE (verb)
  The verb SYMMETRIZE has 1 sense:

1. make symmetric

  Familiarity information: SYMMETRIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYMMETRIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they symmetrize    ... he / she / it symmetrizes   
Past simple: symmetrized   
Past participle: symmetrized   
-ing form: symmetrizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make symmetric

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

symmetrise; symmetrize

Context example:

symmetrized waves

Hypernyms (to "symmetrize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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)