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symmetry

[sim-i-tree] / ˈsɪm ɪ tri /


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Their tropical light and decorative symmetry hold opposites, before and after the Fall, in a kind of suspended equilibrium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

"We found that the diffraction patterns themselves become chiral because the structure lacks mirror symmetry," explains senior author Masaya Notomi.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

It asks very little of you beyond something delicious to pile in the middle and the confidence to fold the edges inward without worrying too much about symmetry.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Alongside the experiments, Shubhayu Chatterjee, an assistant professor of physics, used theoretical modeling to investigate why the effect appears and how the symmetry of the combined materials makes it possible.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

He stacked the packages back carefully, straightening the pile to its original symmetry.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

A closer look reveals ingenious contrasts, apparent symmetries dissolving into distinctive details.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

These two additional symmetries have been studied for decades because they help resolve some of the Standard Model's biggest shortcomings.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2025

As its winking title suggests, director Trương Minh Quý’s “Việt and Nam” is constructed out of neat symmetries and thorny juxtapositions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

Mathematical symmetries within the standard model suggest the weak and electromagnetic forces are different aspects of a single “electroweak” force.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 27, 2024

Here again the English language is mathematically elegant and provides the writer with a neat group of symmetries.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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