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symmetrically

/si-me-tri-kuhl/US // sɪˈmɛ trɪ kəl //UK // (sɪˈmɛtrɪkəl) //

对称地,对称性地,对称,对称的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
    • : Geometry. noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by an axis: Points and are symmetrical with respect to the x-axis.noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same axis.noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by a point or center: The points and are symmetrical with respect to.noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same center.
    • : Usually symmetric .Mathematics. noting a square matrix that is equal to its transpose.noting a dyad or dyadic that is equal to its conjugate.noting a relation in which one element in relation to a second implies the second in relation to the first.
    • : Botany. divisible into two similar parts by more than one plane passing through the center; actinomorphic. having the same number of parts in each whorl.
    • : Chemistry. having a structure that exhibits a regular repeated pattern of the component parts.noting a benzene derivative in which three substitutions have occurred at alternate carbon atoms.
    • : affecting corresponding parts simultaneously, as certain diseases.

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Examples

  • At the meeting, talk after talk piled data on top of data to support seafloor spreading, including Sykes’ earthquake data and those symmetrical patterns of zebra stripes.

  • This joint should be finished as symmetrically as possible and wiped while the solder is hot.

  • Having placed these symmetrically on the board, both slaves retired and relocked the door without saying a word.

  • Picture now to yourself a boy toward nine years old, symmetrically made, firm and hard.

  • The glens or gorges frequented by the caravans are lined with stones, symmetrically disposed at certain intervals.

  • We have all double natures, and the French in particular seem to be developed logically and symmetrically on both sides.