Symmetrical
[sɪ'metrɪk(ə)l] or [sɪ'mɛtrɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts .
Typed by Aileen--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.
(a.) Having the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry. See Symmetry, 2.
(a.) Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; -- said of flowers.
(a.) Having a likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular.
(a.) Having a common measure; commensurable.
(a.) Having corresponding parts or relations.
Checked by Alyson
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Proportional (in the several parts), regular, shapely, harmonious, congruent, well-proportioned.
Checker: Seymour
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Regular, shapely, well_proportioned,[See HARMONIOUS]
Typist: Mag
Examples
- Massive, symmetrical and harmonious, its highest point reaches 307? feet above the plaza on the east. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is a thousand feet long and two hundred wide, all of the most symmetrical, and at the same time the most ponderous masonry. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When full grown the Big Trees are proportionate and symmetrical in girth and height and the beauty of the tree is enhanced by flutings that traverse the bark from the base to the apex. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- During early youth, however, they stand opposite to each other, and the whole body is then symmetrical, with both sides equally coloured. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- When I had no more ticks to make, I folded all my bills up uniformly, docketed each on the back, and tied the whole into a symmetrical bundle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We know, at least, that with irregular flowers those nearest to the axis are most subject to peloria, that is to become abnormally symmetrical. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Typist: Mag