symmetry
sym·me·try (sĭmʹĭ-trē)n. pl. sym·me·tries 1. Exact correspondence of form and constituent configuration on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane or about a center or an axis. See Synonyms at proportion. 2. A relationship of characteristic correspondence, equivalence, or identity among constituents of an entity or between different entities: the narrative symmetry of the novel. 3. Beauty as a result of balance or harmonious arrangement. [Latin symmetria, from Greek summetriā, from summetros, of like measure : sun-, syn- + metron, measure; See mē-2 in Indo-European Roots.]
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