SYMMETRICALNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does symmetricalness mean? 

• SYMMETRICALNESS (noun)
  The noun SYMMETRICALNESS has 1 sense:

1. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

  Familiarity information: SYMMETRICALNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYMMETRICALNESS (noun)

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Meaning:

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

balance; correspondence; symmetricalness; symmetry

Hypernyms ("symmetricalness" is a kind of...):

spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "symmetricalness"):

geometrical regularity; regularity (a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles)

bilateral symmetry; bilateralism; bilaterality (the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane)

radial symmetry (the property of symmetry about an axis)

Derivation:

symmetrical (having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts)