as in proportion
a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts
planted azalea bushes on both sides of the front steps for symmetry
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Recent Examples of symmetry
Somewhere in between lies the sweet spot — that one weekend when the air is crisp, the selection is decent, and your relationship has enough structural integrity left to survive an argument about symmetry.
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Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
For now, no one knows how to prove Kontsevich’s mirror symmetry program.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2025
In their study, the team showed that combining two compounds with nearly identical chemical compositions but different crystal symmetries can yield an entirely new structure type.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
The crater is surrounded by twin lobes of material that fan out to the north and south, evoking the delicate symmetry of a butterfly's wings.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
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Advertisement While most Iranians are too young to remember these horrors firsthand, a substantial proportion—those over 50—lived through them.—
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The 162-foot superyacht, which recently left the construction hall at Feadship’s Aalsmeer facility after many months under wraps, offers both length and volume but remains wonderfully in proportion.—
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All these songs rely on a strong backbeat more than harmonies or guitar solos, for example.—
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To this day, it's celebrated as one of the most iconic musical pairings ever captured on television — a shimmering handoff between generations and a snapshot of two powerhouse voices meeting in perfect harmony.—
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The perfect balance for a sport that jostles between exquisite and excruciating.—
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Peterson, who did indeed return to the court, was hacked on an off-balance 3 with one second to play.—
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As his marimba portion is just the melody parts of each song, he will be accompanied by pre-recorded instrumental tracks in order to fully present each orchestration.—
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The production will feature new orchestrations by Sam Davis (Death Becomes Her, New York, New York) and scenic design by Jason Sherwood (Emmy Award winner for The Academy Awards).—
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When repeating the tests with dogs that weren't considered GWLs however, the team did not find any significant correlation between overhearing and learning, a finding of significance according to Dror.—
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There isn’t always a direct correlation between those who drink the most and those who will have a problem, Knowles said.—
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The show of unity from the royal family comes just over a week after King Charles formally stripped his brother, the former Prince Andrew, of all his royal titles and instructed him to vacate his Windsor home, Royal Lodge.—
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The airlines trade group pointed to a joint letter it and other aviation groups sent to Congress in February calling for unity in support of modernizing the ATC system.—
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The paradox of the intelligent age is that greater informational capacity may coexist with diminishing societal coherence.—
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The same interactions that usually introduce noise and destroy coherence were instead organizing the spins, creating an extremely stable and coherent microwave signal.—
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No stable equilibrium would be arrived at easily.—
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Cramer warned that these moments can feel chaotic — even irrational — but are often driven by valuation extremes finally snapping back toward equilibrium.—
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“Symmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symmetry. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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