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Symmetry vs Isometric - What's the difference?

symmetry | isometric |

As a noun symmetry

is exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.

As an adjective isometric is

isometric.

symmetry

Noun

(symmetries)
  • Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
  • (uncountable) The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry .}}

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    isometric

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or exhibiting equality in dimensions.
  • Of, or being a geometric system of three equal axes lying at right angles to each other (especially in crystallography).
  • (physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle remains the same. See also:
  • * 2011 ,David Foster Wallace The Pale King , page 10:
  • One of the most effective isometric exercises for the deskbound is to sit up quite straight and tighten the large muscles of the buttocks, holding for a count of eight, then release.
    Antonyms include tonic movements auxotonic and isotonic which are divided into concentric and eccentric.
  • (physics, of a thermodynamic process) Taking place at constant volume because of being confined by rigid boundaries.
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line connecting isometric points.
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