- bilateral symmetry
- noun Date: 1860 symmetry in which similar anatomical parts are arranged on opposite sides of a median axis so that only one plane can divide the individual into essentially identical halves
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bilateral symmetry — Symmetry such that a body or part can be divided through the longitudinal axis by one mediosagittal plane into equivalent right and left halves, each for all practical purposes a mirror image of the other; see radial symmetry … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
bilateral symmetry — Biol. a basic body plan in which the left and right sides of the organism can be divided into approximate mirror images of each other along the midline. Cf. radial symmetry. [1850 55] * * * … Universalium
bilateral symmetry — bilat′eral sym′metry n. dvl bio a basic body plan in which the left and right sides of the organism can be divided into approximate mirror images of each other Compare radial symmetry • Etymology: 1850–55 … From formal English to slang
bilateral symmetry — noun a) the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane b) the characteristic, in animals, of being symmetric about a plane running from head to tail … Wiktionary
bilateral symmetry — noun the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane … English new terms dictionary
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