symmetry
/simm tri/ • noun (pl. symmetries) 1 the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis. 2 correct or pleasing proportion of parts. 3 similarity or exact correspondence. — ORIGIN Latin symmetria, from Greek sun- ‘with’ + metron ‘measure’.
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