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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Symmetrical \Sym*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. sym['e]trique. See
     {Symmetry}.]
     1. Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts;
        having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a
        symmetrical body or building.
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     2. (Biol.) Having the organs or parts of one side
        corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in
        two or more series of organs the same in number;
        exhibiting a symmetry. See {Symmetry}, 2.
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     3. (Bot.)
        (a) Having an equal number of parts in the successive
            circles of floral organs; -- said of flowers.
        (b) Having a likeness in the form and size of floral
            organs of the same kind; regular.
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     4. (Math.) Having a common measure; commensurable.
        (b) Having corresponding parts or relations.
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     Note: A curve or a plane figure is symmetrical with respect
           to a given line, and a line, surface, or solid with
           respect to a plane, when for each point on one side of
           the line or plane there is a corresponding point on the
           other side, so situated that the line joining the two
           corresponding points is perpendicular to the line or
           plane and is bisected by it. Two solids are symmetrical
           when they are so situated with respect to an
           intervening plane that the several points of their
           surfaces thus correspond to each other in position and
           distance. In analysis, an expression is symmetrical
           with respect to several letters when any two of them
           may change places without affecting the expression; as,
           the expression a^{2}b + ab^{2} + a^{2}c + ac^{2} +
           b^{2}c + bc^{2}, is symmetrical with respect to the
           letters a, b, c.
           [1913 Webster] -- {Sym*met"ric*al*ly}, adv. --
           {Sym*met"ric*al*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  symmetrically
       adv : in a symmetrical manner; "they were symmetrically arranged"
             [ant: {asymmetrically}]

















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