simetria

See also: simetría

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin symmetria (“symmetry”), from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría, “symmetry”), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [si.məˈtɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [si.meˈtɾi.a]

Noun

simetria f (plural simetries)

1. symmetry

   Antonym: asimetria

Derived terms

• asimetria
• supersimetria

Related terms

• simètric

Further reading

• “simetria” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “simetria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “simetria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “simetria” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [simeˈtria]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: si‧me‧tri‧a

Adjective

simetria (accusative singular simetrian, plural simetriaj, accusative plural simetriajn)

1. symmetric, symmetrical

   Antonym: nesimetria

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• symmetria (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin symmetria (“symmetry”), from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría, “symmetry”), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.meˈtɾi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.meˈtɾi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.meˈtɾi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.mɨˈtɾi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: si‧me‧tri‧a

Noun

simetria f (uncountable)

1. (geometry) symmetry (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)

   Antonym: assimetria

2. great similarity between two things

   Synonyms: parecença, semelhança, similaridade, similitude

   Antonyms: diferença, dissemelhança

Derived terms

• simetria bilateral
• simetria radial
• supersimetria

 

Related terms

• simetricamente
• simétrico
• simetrização
• simetrizado
• simetrizar
• simetrocarpo