Aug 25, 2012 · What is the appropriate usage of "symmetrical" and "symmetric" (using the geometrical adjectival definition of both terms)? Are they synonymous?

Dec 29, 2016 · The first point to note is that symmetric and symmetrical are effectively synonyms for most purposes (but as answers to the earlier indicate, the former has recently become far more …

Nov 10, 2022 · The three prefixes originally had overlap but some different nuances: "semi-" was used generally and imprecisely: it did mean "half" but with some latitude. "demi" was used to mean half of …

Mar 27, 2017 · Palindrome /…/ noun a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward This excerpt is from the Oxford Dictionary of English, third edition, which was edited by …

Sep 17, 2011 · I get that usually a- (or un-) and di- prefixes mean different things, e.g. uninterested and disinterested. However, both asymmetric and dissymmetric refer to the lack of symmetry (which the …

Aug 8, 2024 · Because the latter stage / part / X always means the second stage / part / X, but the former stage / part / X would often refer to something that used to be a stage / part / X (but no longer …

Salutation is the term used to describe the beginning of a letter or other correspondence. What is the term used for the closing of a letter? Here are some examples: Yours truly, Sincerely, Best wi...

Apr 17, 2012 · The number I am thinking of is 80808. This is a palindrome. However, it is more than a palindrome, because it can be flipped or mirrored and will still read the same way. Is there a word for …

Oct 31, 2015 · I know the word normal distribution. But what does a statistician call it when the curve of the distribution tails less steeply (ie falls more gradually) to the left or right?

Oct 21, 2015 · An interior decorator that knows what they're doing, doesn't have to make everything look symmetrical, it has to feel symmetrical. It has to be balanced, properly using qi while applying feng shui.