"symmetry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪmɪtɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-symmetry.wav Forms: symmetries [plural]
enPR: sĭʹmĭtrĭ [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, sym- + -metry. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|symmetria}} Latin symmetria, {{der|en|grc|συμμετρία}} Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), {{surf|en|sym-|-metry}} By surface analysis, sym- + -metry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} symmetry (countable and uncountable, plural symmetries)
  1. Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis): συμμετρία (summetría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَنَاظُر (tanāẓur) [masculine] (Arabic), сіме́трыя (simjétryja) [feminine] (Belarusian), симе́трия (simétrija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), simetria [feminine] (Catalan), 對稱性 (Chinese Mandarin), 对称性 (duìchēngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 對稱 (Chinese Mandarin), 对称 (duìchēng) (Chinese Mandarin), souměrnost [feminine] (Czech), symetrie [feminine] (Czech), symmetri [common-gender] (Danish), symmetrie [feminine] (Dutch), simetrio (Esperanto), sümmeetria (Estonian), symmetria (Finnish), symétrie [feminine] (French), simetría [feminine] (Galician), სიმეტრია (simeṭria) (Georgian), Symmetrie [feminine] (German), συμμετρία (symmetría) [feminine] (Greek), ʻālikelike (Hawaiian), सममिति (sammiti) (Hindi), szimmetria (Hungarian), simetris (Indonesian), siméadracht [feminine] (Irish), simmetria [feminine] (Italian), 対称性 (taishōsei) (alt: たいしょうせい) (Japanese), 対称 (taishō) (alt: たいしょう) (Japanese), シンメトリー (shinmetorī) (Japanese), симметрия (simmetriä) (Kazakh), 대칭성 (daechingseong) (Korean), 대칭 (daeching) (Korean), symmetria [feminine] (Latin), simetrija [feminine] (Latvian), simetrija [feminine] (Lithuanian), симе́трија (simétrija) [feminine] (Macedonian), hangarite (Maori), symmetri [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), symmetri [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), اعتدال (i’tidâl) (Ottoman Turkish), تقارن (taqâron) (Persian), symetria [feminine] (Polish), simetria [feminine] (Portuguese), simetrie [feminine] (Romanian), симме́трия (simmétrija) [feminine] (Russian), simètrija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), súmernosť [feminine] (Slovak), symetria [feminine] (Slovak), simetrija [feminine] (Slovene), simetría [feminine] (Spanish), symmetri [common-gender] (Swedish), parianyo (Tagalog), సౌస్టవం (sausṭavaṁ) (Telugu), ความสมมาตร (kwaam-sŏm-mâat) (Thai), симе́трія (symétrija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sự đối xứng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-symmetry-en-noun-gaIXABVM Categories (other): English terms prefixed with sym-, English terms suffixed with -metry, Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sym-: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -metry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis': 98 2
  2. The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole): tasapaino (Finnish), symétrie [feminine] (French), simetría [feminine] (Galician), სიმეტრია (simeṭria) (Georgian), simetri (Indonesian), siméadracht [feminine] (Irish), simmetria [feminine] (Italian), симе́трија (simétrija) [feminine] (Macedonian), hangarite (Maori), symetria [feminine] (Polish), simetria [feminine] (Portuguese), симме́трия (simmétrija) [feminine] (Russian), simètrija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), simetrija [feminine] (Slovene), ความสมดุล (kwaam-sà-má-dun) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-symmetry-en-noun-lVDLFcMP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -metry, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -metry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Hawaiian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: asymmetric, asymmetry, symmetric, symmetrophobia

Inflected forms

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      "word": "bilateral symmetry"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "supersymmetry"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "symlet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "symmetrical"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "symmetron"
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          "dividing"
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        ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tanāẓur",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَنَاظُر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "simjétryja",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сіме́трыя"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "simétrija",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "симе́трия"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "simetria"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "對稱性"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duìchēngxìng",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "对称性"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "對稱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duìchēng",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "对称"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "souměrnost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
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          ],
          "word": "symmetri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "symmetrie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "simetrio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "sümmeetria"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "symmetria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "symétrie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "simetría"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "simeṭria",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "სიმეტრია"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Symmetrie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symmetría",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συμμετρία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "summetría",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συμμετρία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "ʻālikelike"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sammiti",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "सममिति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "szimmetria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "simetris"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "siméadracht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "simmetria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "たいしょうせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "taishōsei",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "対称性"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "たいしょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "taishō",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "対称"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shinmetorī",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "シンメトリー"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "simmetriä",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "симметрия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daechingseong",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "대칭성"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daeching",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "word": "대칭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "symmetria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "simetrija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "simetrija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "word": "symmetria"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "symétrie"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "სიმეტრია"
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
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      "word": "simetris"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siméadracht"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
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      "alt": "たいしょうせい",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
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      "alt": "たいしょう",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
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      "word": "симметрия"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "daechingseong",
      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "word": "대칭성"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "symmetria"
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "simetrija"
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "simetrija"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "word": "hangarite"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "nn",
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      "code": "ota",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "symetria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "simetria"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "simetrie"
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "simetría"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
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      "word": "symmetri"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "word": "parianyo"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sausṭavaṁ",
      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "word": "సౌస్టవం"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-sŏm-mâat",
      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "word": "ความสมมาตร"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "symétrija",
      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "симе́трія"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis",
      "word": "sự đối xứng"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "word": "tasapaino"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "symétrie"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "simetría"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "simeṭria",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "word": "სიმეტრია"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "word": "simetri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siméadracht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "simmetria"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "simétrija",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "симе́трија"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "word": "hangarite"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "symetria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "simetria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "simmétrija",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "simètrija"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "simetrija"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-sà-má-dun",
      "sense": "satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole",
      "word": "ความสมดุล"
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    "symmetry"
  ],
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}

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