symmetry

Roget category 242

2. Words relating to space
› 2.3. Form
›› 2.3.1. General form

#242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry

noun

symmetry, shapeliness, finish — beauty etc. 845 — proportion, eurythmy^†, uniformity, parallelism — bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry — centrality etc. 222.
arborescence^†, branching, ramification — arbor vitae.

adjective

symmetrical, shapely, well set, finished — beautiful etc. 845 — classic, chaste, severe.
regular, uniform, balanced — equal etc. 27 — parallel, coextensive.
arborescent^†, arboriform^† — dendriform^†, dendroid^† — branching — ramous^†, ramose — filiciform^†, filicoid^† — subarborescent^† — papilionaceous^†.
fuji-shaped, fujigata [Jap.].

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