This monument, so imposing and tasteful, fittingly typifies the grand and symmetrical character of him in whose honor it has been built. From LearnThat.org. [Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), U.S. president.]
Thus to a four-dimensional being things which we call symmetrical do not differ at all except in position. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained] Reference
The eight predictions are in symmetrical stanzas, each prefaced by "Thus saith the Lord.". From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
On the brackets stand arrayed the most exquisite and costly articles of glass and china, in symmetrical order. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of an Arabian Princess] Reference
A few of them had already come ashore and were beginning to spread out their nets in symmetrical patterns on the hot flags of the quay. From Wordnik.com. [Try Anything Twice] Reference
A day or two afterward I was stringing beads of different sizes in symmetrical groups – two large beads, three small ones, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Life] Reference
The free-traders refer with especial emphasis to what the term the symmetrical development of all the great interests of the country under this liberal tariff. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860] Reference
In either case, however, the idea of symmetrical development is included. From Wordnik.com. [A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians] Reference
But Marcus du Sautoy offers to name a symmetrical object in hyperspace for you. From Wordnik.com. [math] Reference
There is something compelling about the idea of symmetrical beauty, however, when it comes to the popular ideal of facial beauty. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
If the dawn-pulse and the dusk-pulse are of the same duration (e.g., each is 2 hours long), this is called a symmetrical skeleton photoperiod. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
This speaks to something called symmetrical equation, and it happens to people who have personality disorders and who are under extreme stress. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2007] Reference
He has symmetrical, meaning the same on both sides, brain waves. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2006] Reference
The poetic rendering of the lines is deeply satisfying when they achieve a kind of symmetrical unity. From Wordnik.com. [Moma this week: Brice Marden] Reference
Does Subaru's "symmetrical" all-wheel-drive have some inherent advantage over other manufacturers 'drive trains?. From Wordnik.com. [How to Extend Tire Life] Reference
The United States rejected Kyoto as imbalanced and unfair, but said it will join a new climate regime as long as it is "symmetrical," encompassing all major emitters. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Conference: U.S. Still Committed To 17% Reduction In Greenhouse Gas Emissions Despite Climate Bill Failure] Reference
If mammal meant "symmetrical" then the theory would be meaningless. From Wordnik.com. [Telic Thoughts] Reference
It could also deploy the kind of symmetrical Interactive TV and Telemedicine services Google is highlighting. From Wordnik.com. [TPMCafe] Reference
It is important that the optical fibre connections are symmetrical, meaning both upstream and downstream connection speeds are the same. From Wordnik.com. [The most recent articles from Computing] Reference
Yet here was the most symmetrical set of feature on the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Death Masking Love] Reference
The form of its gadgets is trim and almost universally symmetrical. From Wordnik.com. [Why Apple Will Survive the iPhone Glitch] Reference
I remember how the nachos were symmetrical and I appreciated the effort. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Emailed Me Last Night and Asked if I Would Write About Nachos.] Reference
And that's a beautifully symmetrical, simple wave that we call a sine wave. From Wordnik.com. ['Hard Day's Night': A Mathematical Mystery Tour] Reference
The curator couches her answers in formal esthetic terms-center, symmetrical. From Wordnik.com. [Transatlantic Travelers] Reference
The true education embraces the symmetrical development of mind, body and heart. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
The face seemed perfectly formed, as symmetrical and beautiful as ever seen by mankind. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation that Pissed-Off God] Reference
The drawback is that they don't correct for astigmatism, or eyes that aren't symmetrical. From Wordnik.com. [Becoming a Squinter Nation] Reference
William Morris's wallpaper and Mozart's Symphony 40 in G Minor are symmetrical in the same way. From Wordnik.com. [Analyze These!] Reference
Thanks to us you have IRAs and residential communities of symmetrical gray houses accruing value. From Wordnik.com. [A White-Male Lament] Reference
The mind and the character can be so symmetrical that they will lose all charm and all significance. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
Thus the external appearance of the envelope is decidedly unusual, comprising three symmetrical ridges. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Because, says Thornhill, people with symmetrical elbows tend to have "a whole suite of attractive features.". From Wordnik.com. [The Biology Of Beauty] Reference
A swing in the other direction is now in the offing, but it would be a mistake to assume it will be symmetrical. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing Sunshine In Moscow] Reference
Writing in Saturday's Wall Street Journal, and spinning the Sherrod affair to suggest symmetrical blame, Noonan began. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Kuttner: Women on the Verge] Reference
This is a very impressive hurricane as evident in its very symmetrical appearance on satellite imagery and well-defined eye. From Wordnik.com. [Impressive Earl intensifying, turning up coast] Reference
The test also asks about aesthetic preferences: formal or informal; symmetrical or asymmetrical; representational or abstract. From Wordnik.com. [10 Question for . . . Julie Moir Messervy, Landscape Designer] Reference
The sea-mist eyes, wide and large, are Robert's, his symmetrical features translated into the feminine, or rather hers into him. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit Upwelling] Reference
To his amazement, females preferred symmetrical males even when they were hidden from view; evidently, their smells are more attractive. From Wordnik.com. [The Biology Of Beauty] Reference
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