Definition of Symmetrical

Symmetrical

Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

Having the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry. See Symmetry, 2.

Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; -- said of flowers.

Having a likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular.

Having a common measure; commensurable.

Having corresponding parts or relations.

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Symmetrical Quotations

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic.
John Kricfalusi

The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature.
Robert Fortune

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.
Ferdinand Mount

Actors do have good and bad sides. It's because the passage down the birth canal distorts the face. People born by caesarean section are more symmetrical.
Richard Griffiths

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Symmetrical Translations

symmetrical in German is symmetrisch
symmetrical in Swedish is symmetrisk

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