Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis. / The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.

plural of symmetry

(mathematics) A point, within an object or figure, through which any straight line also passes through two points on the edge of the figure at the same distance from the centre but on opposite sides.

A condition in which all relevant information is known to all parties involved. For example, in the stock market, stock information has a full public disclosure, and all investors are in the same position to share information.

(algebraic geometry, theoretical physics) A relationship between Calabi-Yau manifolds where two such manifolds look very different geometrically but are nevertheless equivalent when employed as extra dimensions of string theory.

When being turned through a full revolution, the number of times a shape looks the same as in the initial orientation.

plural of order of symmetry

(geometry) The property a shape has when it looks the same after some rotation by a partial turn.

(geometry) A planene about which a geometric figure is symmetric (by reflection)

Alternative spelling of skew-symmetry