What does the word symmetry mean?

Answer 1

SYMMETRY: the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis : this series has a line of symmetry through its center | a crystal structure with hexagonal symmetry. • correct or pleasing proportion of the parts of a thing : an overall symmetry making the poem pleasant to the ear. • similarity or exact correspondence between different things : a lack of symmetry between men and women | history sometimes exhibits weird symmetries between events. • Physics & Mathematics a law or operation where a physical property or process has an equivalence in two or more directions. DERIVATIVES symmetrize |-ˌtrīz| |ˈsɪməˈtraɪz| verb ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting proportion): from French symétrie or Latin symmetria, from Greek, from sun- 'with' + metron 'measure.'

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

that is 2 confuzing k line of symmetry or line of reflection is when u make a shape so lets take a butterfly as an example if u drew a line down the center both sides would look the same

Answer 2

When something has symmetry, it is the same size and same shape. like a square has 4 lines of symmetry.

Answer 3

I think a symmetry is a line that never touch or something like that... I might get it wrong... And if I do I'm sorry...

Answer 4

the proper or due proportion of the parts of a body or whole to one another with regard to size and form