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Definition of Bilateral symmetry
1. Noun. The property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane.
Generic synonyms: Balance, Correspondence, Symmetricalness, Symmetry
Derivative terms: Bilateral
Definition of Bilateral symmetry
1. Noun. the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane ¹
2. Noun. (biology) the characteristic, in animals, of being symmetric about a plane running from head to tail ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Bilateral symmetry
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilateral Symmetry
Literary usage of Bilateral symmetry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"THE problems of bilateral symmetry—culminating in the problem of left and ...
According to this view bilateral symmetry is associated with and due to ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"In opaque animals the color markings of the two sides approach bilateral symmetry.
In the present case the markings are strikingly asymmetrical in that ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1902)
"face to the bottom; and these have developed a secondary bilateral symmetry, so
that, like a worm or a lobster, they have definite upper and lower surfaces. ..."
4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"THE problems of bilateral symmetry—culminating in the problem of left and ...
According to this view bilateral symmetry is associated with and due to ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1880)
"but without any special reference to bilateral symmetry. Not only do most organic
forms present such a bilateral symmetry, but the forms of inanimate nature ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1828)
"The bilateral symmetry is when the two halves of a whole exactly correspond. ...
In the animal world, the bilateral symmetry predominates in proportion to ..."
7. The Growth of the Brain: A Study of the Nervous System in Relation to Education by Henry Herbert Donaldson (1895)
"... weight—Relative development of lobes— Causes of change in shape—Bilateral
symmetry—Weight of right and left hemispheres—Decussation—Segmentation— Areas ..."
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