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SYMMETRISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does symmetrise mean?
• SYMMETRISE (verb)
The verb SYMMETRISE has 1 sense:
1. make symmetric
Familiarity information: SYMMETRISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it symmetrises Past simple: symmetrised
Past participle: symmetrised
-ing form: symmetrising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make symmetric
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
symmetrise; symmetrize
Context example:
symmetrized waves
Hypernyms (to "symmetrise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
symmetry ((mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane)
symmetry (balance among the parts of something)
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