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Definition of "symmetrical" [sym•met•ric•al]

  • Of or exhibiting symmetry. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "symmetrical" in a sentence
  • "Thus to a four-dimensional being things which we call symmetrical do not differ at all except in position."
  • "“The reason the Red Square remains so symmetrical is that there is no material that has interfered with the outflow, so it has preserved the symmetry it was born with,” Lloyd said."
  • "The big reason as another person mentioned above that our connections are not symmetrical is because the net providers don't want you to run servers and cut out their profitable commercial web services and because the media conglomerates are very powerful on this continent and they don't want to risk too many lawsuits."