Aug 25, 2012 · What is the appropriate usage of "symmetrical" and "symmetric" (using the geometrical adjectival definition of both terms)? Are they synonymous?

Dec 29, 2016 · The first point to note is that symmetric and symmetrical are effectively synonyms for most purposes (but as answers to the earlier indicate, the former has recently become far …

Sep 17, 2011 · I get that usually a- (or un-) and di- prefixes mean different things, e.g. uninterested and disinterested. However, both asymmetric and dissymmetric refer to the lack …

Aug 30, 2016 · Tiger, Tiger: Symmetricity, Symmetricality, or Symmetricalness? It doesn't really matter whether this or that dictionary includes or omits it. It is the regular product of applying …

Apr 17, 2012 · The number I am thinking of is 80808. This is a palindrome. However, it is more than a palindrome, because it can be flipped or mirrored and will still read the same way. Is …

Salutation is the term used to describe the beginning of a letter or other correspondence. What is the term used for the closing of a letter? Here are some examples: Yours truly, Sincerely, Best …

Apr 13, 2016 · A longitudinal plane that divides the body of a bilaterally symmetrical animal into right and left sections. Since forward and backward movement at the intersection of the …

Do ellipsis, parable, and hyperbole from rhetoric have anything in common with the geometric curves ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola used in mathematics? There are three geometric …

Mar 29, 2015 · Here are some pretty pictures showing that actual usage is indeed extremely "non-symmetrical"... From which it seems to me any explanation based on the "linearity" of the …

May 23, 2012 · I think an asymmetrical vs. a symmetrical relationship (examples #1 vs. #2 respectively) is precisely what makes the difference. Which leads me to prefer "against" for #1, …