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Symmetry

In everyday life, Symmetry (from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría) 'agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement') refers to a sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance. In mathematics, the term has a more precise definition and is usually used to refer to an object that is invariant under some transformations, such as…

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Symmetry

Nodes186
Edges185
Triples141
Avg. degree1.99
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related to External links · 17
Symmetry → Aesthetics, Apr, BBC Radio, Dutch, Fay Dowker, Ian Stewart, In Our Time, International Symmetry Association, ISA, Marcus, Plane Archived, Point, Sautoy, Symmetry Around, SymmetryISIS Symmetry Archived, Wayback MachineChapman, Wayback MachineSymmetry
related to In psychology and neuroscience · 17
Symmetry → Both, Early, Electrophysiological, Ernst Mach, For, Gestalt, In, Law, LOC, More, Sasaki, Studies, The, This, V3A, V4, V7
related to In architecture · 10
Symmetry → Alhambra, Gothic, International, Islamic, It, Lotfollah, Modernist, Moorish, Taj Mahal, The White House
related to In physics · 10
Symmetry → Different, Important, In, More, Nobel, Noether's, PW Anderson, See Noether's, This, Wigner's
related to In pottery and metal vessels · 8
Symmetry → BC, Bronze, Cast, Chinese, Pottery, Since, The, Upon
related to Further reading · 7
Symmetry → Be Solved, How Mathematical Genius Discovered, ISBN, Language, Mario Livio, Souvenir Press, The Equation That Couldn't
related to In biology · 6
Symmetry → Animals, Bilateral, Fivefold, In, Plants, The
related to In social interactions · 6
Symmetry → Golden Rule, Peer, People, Reflective, Symmetrical, These
related to In carpets and rugs · 5
Symmetry → American Navajo Indians, Geometry, Klein, Many Oriental, Not
related to In geometry · 5
Symmetry → An, Fractals, Other, The, This

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
energy or momentuminstance ofthere is a corresponding conserved quantity0.80text
sea anemones often have radial or rotational symmetryinstance ofanimals0.80text
which suits them because food or threats may arrive from any directioninstance ofanimals0.80text
tit for tatinstance ofstrategies seen in symmetric games0.80text
Gothic cathedralsinstance offrom the overall external views of buildings0.80text
The White Houseinstance offrom the overall external views of buildings0.80text
through the layout of the individual floor plansinstance offrom the overall external views of buildings0.80text
and down to the design of individual building elements such as tile mosaicsinstance offrom the overall external views of buildings0.80text
the Taj Mahalinstance ofIslamic buildings0.80text
the Lotfollah mosque make elaborate use of symmetry both in their structureinstance ofIslamic buildings0.80text
in their ornamentationinstance ofIslamic buildings0.80text
wallpaperinstance ofEscher and the many applications of tessellation in art and craft forms0.80text

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