bilateral symmetry

Questions about bilateral symmetry

What is another word for bilateral symmetry?

It depends which bilateral symmetry you mean. In the sense “the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane”, the synonyms are bilaterality, bilateralism. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of bilateral symmetry?

WordNet records no antonym for bilateral symmetry. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for bilateral symmetry come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of bilateral symmetry

• Full entry for bilateral symmetryAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for bilateral symmetryWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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