IN MATH: 1. n. a correspondence of parts. These include:

BILATERAL SYMMETRY : one-to-one matching of parts on opposite sides of a line. EX. The human body has bilateral symmetry.

RADIAL (OR POINT) SYMMETRY : matching of parts from a center outward. EX. a circle has radial symmetry. A daisy and a snow flake have radial symmetry.

IN ENGLISH: 1. adj. a having balance; having a special correspondence of parts.

APPLICATION: See list 0.

This is a page from the dictionary MATH SPOKEN HERE!, published in 1995 by MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS, inc., ISBN: 0-9623593-5-1.   You are hereby granted permission to make ONE printed copy of this page and its picture(s) for your PERSONAL and not-for-profit use.

© 2005, Agnes Azzolino www.mathnstuff.com/math/spoken/here/1words/s/s47.htm