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): (Valencia) [si.meˈtɾi.a]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “simetria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: 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

Further reading

• “simetria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “simetria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026