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symmetrical balance
noun
In design, the near or exact matching of left and right sides of a three-dimensional form or a two-dimensional composition.
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Furniture is paired with symmetrical balance.
Similar flowers placed in identical positions on either side of an imaginary vertical axis create symmetrical balance.
This compositional device is more subtle and often more pleasing aesthetically than symmetrical balance, for its effect is less apparently contrived and more varied.
A symmetrical balance of tone and colour masses of equal weight creates a serene and sometimes monumental design, while a more dynamic effect is created by an asymmetrical balance.
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Her coy, symmetrical compositions balance the world as delicately as a scale.
Scenario 1 has symmetrically balanced marginal totals, while scenarios 2 and 3 are symmetrical imbalances.
Normally, fortunes in sports are symmetrical, winners balancing out the losers, but lately the balance seems a bit out of whack.
They also can be symmetrical (or balanced) if the number of species at each side of the nodes is the same, or asymmetrical (unbalanced) when not all of the groups represented contain the same number of species.
But the story approaches these topical matters with a calm, open mind and a tidy, symmetrical structure that balances and parallels different points of view.
Balanced symmetrical cell division ensures steady-state homeostasis, and individual clones die out or expand progressively over time (Clayton et al, 2007; Jones et al, 2007).
It used an embedded microprocessor and a digital-to-analog converter for stimulation control that delivered a biphasic charge balanced symmetrical pulse waveform.
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