ALL meanings of symmetrically
sym·met·ri·cal
S s - adjective symmetrically characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts. 1
- adjective symmetrically Geometry. noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by an axis: Points (1, 1) and (1, −1) are symmetrical with respect to the x-axis. noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same axis. noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by a point or center: The points (1, 1) and (−1, −1) are symmetrical with respect to (0, 0). noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same center. 1
- adjective symmetrically Often, symmetric. Mathematics. noting a square matrix that is equal to its transpose. noting a dyad or dyadic that is equal to its conjugate. noting a relation in which one element in relation to a second implies the second in relation to the first. 1
- adjective symmetrically Botany. divisible into two similar parts by more than one plane passing through the center; actinomorphic. (of a flower) having the same number of parts in each whorl. 1
- adjective symmetrically Chemistry. having a structure that exhibits a regular repeated pattern of the component parts. noting a benzene derivative in which three substitutions have occurred at alternate carbon atoms. 1
- adjective symmetrically affecting corresponding parts simultaneously, as certain diseases. 1