English
Etymology
From L. summetria, originally from G..
Adjective
en-adj
- symmetrical|Symmetrical.
- settheory Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of S (that is, if the relation holds between any element and a second, it also holds between the second and the first).
#:"Is a sibling of" is a symmetric relation.
Related terms
asymmetric
symmetry
Translations
Czech: symetrický m
Finnish: symmetrinen
German: symmetrisch
Greek: ��μμε��ικ�� (symmetrikos) m, ��μμε��ική f, ��μμε��ικ� n
mid
Portuguese: simétrico
Spanish: simétrico
Swedish: symmetrisk
See also
reflexive
transitive<!--mathematics sense-->
Anagrams
mycterism
id:symmetric
pl:symmetric
ru:symmetric
fi:symmetric
vi:symmetric
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