Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SYM-ME'TRIC-AL
SYM-ME'TRI-AN, or SYM'ME-TRISTSYM-MET'RIC-AL-LY
SYM-ME'TRIC-AL, a. [from symmetry.]
- Proportional it its parts; having its parts in due proportion, as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.
- In botany, flowers are symmetrical when the segments the calyx, the petals and the stamens are regular, equal, and alike. – Lindley.
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