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symmetry

/ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹi/ noun C1
  1. Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole. (countable, uncountable)

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She was a striking-looking woman, a little short and thick for symmetry, but with a beautiful olive complexion, large, dark, Italian eyes, and a wealth of deep black hair.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 61 · B2
Though he had detected with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect symmetry in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 24 · B2

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