adjective
- having parts that match or correspond to one another in size, shape, and position on opposite sides of a dividing line or center
- involving a relationship in which each element corresponds to another in the same way
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- The butterfly’s wings are perfectly symmetric.
- The building has a symmetric design with identical towers on each side.
- Her face is remarkably symmetric, which many consider beautiful.
- The garden was laid out in a symmetric pattern around the fountain.
- In mathematics, a symmetric matrix has equal elements across its diagonal.
- The symmetric relationship means if A relates to B, then B relates to A in the same way.