Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a symmetrical manner; with symmetry.
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- adverb In a
symmetrical manner; so as to showsymmetry
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- adverb in a symmetrical manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The fact that our world does not behave perfectly symmetrically is due to deviations at the microscopic level.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2008 - Illustrated Presentation 2008
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The fact that our world does not behave perfectly symmetrically is due to deviations from symmetry at the microscopic level.
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Now it is one of my oddities that ever since I was a small boy I have arranged my loose coins symmetrically, with the smallest uppermost.
Mr. Standfast John Buchan 1907
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Did Browne plan the day of his death as "symmetrically" as do Sebald's other characters?
Out of Novemberland Andr&233; Aciman 1998
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This “plain English” explanation of the meaning of the Einstein equations is just the sort of thing I’d been hoping to find, and at first glance seems to involve the roles of energy density and pressure fairly symmetrically which is very encouraging.
Dark Matter: Still Existing Sean 2007
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The cages of companies such as eBay and Yahoo held symmetrically balanced racks of pizza box–style servers, with all the cables tidily secured and labeled.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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The fridge, cupboards and stove are placed symmetrically.
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When Beata and Brad Peters built their 3,900-square-foot brick home in Hawthorn Woods, Ill., they incorporated large panels of glass symmetrically throughout.
Growing Panes: Homeowners Go Big on Glass Walls Gwendolyn Bounds 2011
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And would they have collapsed symmetrically, at near free fall speed all the way down.
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These are written in small seal script and are placed symmetrically to the right and left of the central hole.
State Department Adds New Import Restrictions : Coin Collecting News 2009
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