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  2. Rotational symmetry - Wikipedia

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    Rotational symmetry, also known as radial symmetry in geometry, is the property a shape has when it looks the same after some rotation by a partial turn. An object's degree of rotational symmetry is the number of distinct orientations in which it looks exactly the same for each rotation.

  3. Symmetry in biology - Wikipedia

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    Ctenophores show biradial symmetry leading to the suggestion that they represent an intermediate step in the evolution of bilateral symmetry from radial symmetry. [ 27 ] Interpretations based only on morphology are not sufficient to explain the evolution of symmetry.

  4. Symmetry - Wikipedia

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    Symmetry in physics has been generalized to mean invariance—that is, lack of change—under any kind of transformation, for example arbitrary coordinate transformations. [17] This concept has become one of the most powerful tools of theoretical physics, as it has become evident that practically all laws of nature originate in symmetries.

  5. Symmetry (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Symmetry with respect to all rotations about all points implies translational symmetry with respect to all translations (because translations are compositions of rotations about distinct points), [18] and the symmetry group is the whole E + (m). This does not apply for objects because it makes space homogeneous, but it may apply for physical laws.

  6. Symmetry in mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Symmetry occurs not only in geometry, but also in other branches of mathematics. Symmetry is a type of invariance: the property that a mathematical object remains unchanged under a set of operations or transformations. [1] Given a structured object X of any sort, a symmetry is a mapping of the object

  7. Symmetry (physics) - Wikipedia

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    The above ideas lead to the useful idea of invariance when discussing observed physical symmetry; this can be applied to symmetries in forces as well.. For example, an electric field due to an electrically charged wire of infinite length is said to exhibit cylindrical symmetry, because the electric field strength at a given distance r from the wire will have the same magnitude at each point on ...

  8. Polar coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    Systems displaying radial symmetry provide natural settings for the polar coordinate system, with the central point acting as the pole. A prime example of this usage is the groundwater flow equation when applied to radially symmetric wells. Systems with a radial force are also good

  9. Orthotropic material - Wikipedia

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    Material properties in three perpendicular directions (axial, radial, and circumferential) are different. In material science and solid mechanics , orthotropic materials have material properties at a particular point which differ along three orthogonal axes, where each axis has twofold rotational symmetry .