sym|me|try

sym|me|try
sym|me|try «SIHM uh tree», noun, plural -tries.
1. a regular, balanced form, or arrangement on opposite sides of a line or plane, or around a center or axis: »

Its asymmetry was deliberate, for the Japanese believe that symmetry stunts the imagination (Atlantic).

2. pleasing proportions between the parts of a whole; well-balanced arrangement of parts; harmony: »

A swollen cheek spoiled the symmetry of his handsome face. In a scale passage…you have symmetry of timing—whether the notes follow each other at even intervals or not (Time).

3. Botany. agreement in number of parts among the cycles of organs that compose a flower.
╂[< Latin symmetria < Greek symmetríā < sýmmetros symmetrical < syn- together + métron a measure]

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