symmetry

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These findings show that the atomic scale shape of a material strongly affects how quickly a quantum event unfolds, with lower symmetry structures leading to longer transition times.

From Science Daily

Many of the complex patterns seen in nature arise when symmetry breaks.

From Science Daily

Despite the symmetry of these four figures, the overall composition is asymmetrical, with a single, distinctive and highly ornamented column appearing on the left side, next to Joseph.

From The Wall Street Journal

Each compound has a different crystal symmetry, meaning the atoms are arranged in incompatible ways.

From Science Daily

The addition of a new level above the West Wing colonnade would restore "symmetry" to the presidential residence, Shalom Baranes told the first Washington planning committee meeting on the project.

From Barron's