symmetry UK /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹaɪ/US /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹi/ noun2 •Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis. •The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. — 1921 formssymmetries