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symmetrical

 adjective
     
Related topics: Shapes, Patterns, Maths
sym‧met‧ri‧cal also sym‧met‧ric
an object or design that is symmetrical has two halves that are exactly the same shape and size [≠ asymmetrical]:
The pattern was perfectly symmetrical.
—symmetrically adverb
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