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symmetry

[sim-i-tree] / ˈsɪm ɪ tri /


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The researchers found a straightforward way to reduce the system's symmetry.

From Science Daily Jun. 6, 2026

Because cobalt is ferromagnetic and breaks time-reversal symmetry, the electronic states associated with these nodal lines carry a net spin polarization.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

In the mathematical study of symmetry, or group theory, one such number—important in string theory—is fittingly named “the monster group”: 808,017,424,794,512,875,886,459,904,961,710,757,005,754,368,000,000,000.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

There is a certain symmetry to the moment.

From BBC May 8, 2026

Owned by Gladys Phipps and her brother Ogden Mills, operators of the East’s legendary Wheatley Stable, Hard Tack was a copper-colored paragon of symmetry, grace, and blinding speed.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

One world is ending, and a new one is just about to begin; “Amrum” is full of such satisfying symmetries.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

"Nobody had studied these two symmetries at the same time," Nitta said.

From Science Daily Dec. 7, 2025

Building Ultra-Sensitive Molecular Experiments Peering inside a radium nucleus to test fundamental symmetries is extremely challenging.

From Science Daily Oct. 26, 2025

As its winking title suggests, director Trương Minh Quý’s “Việt and Nam” is constructed out of neat symmetries and thorny juxtapositions.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2025

Here again the English language is mathematically elegant and provides the writer with a neat group of symmetries.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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