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cemetery, symmetry
cemetery (SEM i ter" ee) (noun)
A place where the dead are buried: The famous author is buried in the local cemetery.
symmetry (SIM i tree) (noun)
The quality of something that has two sides or halves which are the same or very close in size, shape, and position: During her travels, Pam admired the symmetry of the ancient buildings in Italy.

Steve noticed the symmetry of construction of the tombs in the cemetery.

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symmetry (s), symmetries (pl)
1. The corresponding arrangement or balancing of the parts or elements of a whole in respect to size, shape, and position on opposing sides of an axis or center; congruity and harmony.
2. The elements of beauty in nature or art that result from balanced arrangements and balancing.
3. In biology, regular arrangement of parts or organs in an animal body so that a division will give halves corresponding in shape, size, function, relative position, etc.; similarity of structure.
4. Synonyms: agreement, conformity, harmony, order, parity, proportion, regularity.
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Word Entries containing the term: “symmetry”
inverse symmetry
1. Correspondence between one side of an organism and the opposite side of another organism.
2. Communication of the right or left side of an asymmetrical part to the left or right side of another part.
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