noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
perfect
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The specimen is preserved in its original calcite; its lack of distortion may be seen from its perfect five-fold symmetry .
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Her rib cage has perfect symmetry .
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Their complete accord with singer and songs makes for the most perfect symmetry .
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If an observer's eye is on the plane of reflection, perfect symmetry can be obtained.
■ VERB
give
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However, it is given greater symmetry and therefore becomes a fairer competition for the contestants.
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Reference to the column of the character table showing the Cartesian axis directions then gives the symmetry species directly.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We were impressed by the symmetry and the elegance of the city.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And symmetry was at stake too, since Bush will be at the Gothenburg summit next month.
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It was a well-proportioned house, Lissa decided, the lines drawn with an unfailing eye for symmetry and beauty.
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The tentacles are arranged in a circlet about the mouth, and the coelenterates are typified by such radial symmetry .
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There is a symmetry about this, about their relationship with the clock of the century, that calls for celebration.
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They can be analyzed using local symmetry .
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This idea is attractive because it would mean a nice symmetry between the expanding and contracting phases.
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What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ?