1560s, "relation of parts, proportion," from Middle French symmétrie (16c.) and directly from Latin symmetria, from Greek symmetria "agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement," from symmetros "having a common measure, even, proportionate," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + metron "meter" (see meter (n.2)). Meaning "harmonic arrangement of parts" first recorded 1590s.
例文
1. The superpowers pledged to maintain symmetry in their arms shipments.
超大国は武器輸送において数量の均衡を保つことを約束した。
2.the perfect symmetry of the garden design
ガーデンパターンの完全対称
3.The butterfly is an example of symmetry .
蝶は構造が完全に対称である一例である.
4.The human body has a symmetry that is basic to our sense of beauty.
人体の対称性は私たちの審美観の基礎を構成している。
5. He said that Britain would not rejoin the ERM "until there is much greater symmetry between our economy and other European economies.「