differences - Usage of "symmetrical" and "symmetric" - English …
Aug 25, 2012 · What is the appropriate usage of "symmetrical" and "symmetric" (using the geometrical adjectival definition of both terms)? Are they synonymous?
differences - "symmetrical to" or "symmetric to" - English Language ...
Dec 29, 2016 · The first point to note is that symmetric and symmetrical are effectively synonyms for most purposes (but as answers to the earlier indicate, the former has recently become far more …
What do you call a number which is the same written backwards?
Mar 27, 2017 · The correct mathematical term is a palindromic number (or a numerical palindrome). To quote Wikipedia: A palindromic number or numeral palindrome is a number that remains the same …
If X is compatible with Y, what is Y in relation to X?
Mar 24, 2022 · By default, compatibilty is strongly non-symmetrical. That's why you always have to lexically specify the symmetric cases with such terms as "mutually compatible" or "compatible with …
etymology - What is the difference between the root "hemi", the root ...
Nov 10, 2022 · The three prefixes originally had overlap but some different nuances: "semi-" was used generally and imprecisely: it did mean "half" but with some latitude. "demi" was used to mean half of …
Is “symmetricity” a word? [closed] - English Language & Usage Stack ...
Aug 30, 2016 · Tiger, Tiger: Symmetricity, Symmetricality, or Symmetricalness? It doesn't really matter whether this or that dictionary includes or omits it. It is the regular product of applying productive …
Is there a name for text that reads the same upside-down?
Oct 8, 2018 · The example in the question reads the same whether it's right way up or upside down (relative to the rest of the text). Is that a requirement for an ambigram? It's been years since I read …
Do “asymmetric” and “dissymmetric” have different meaning?
Sep 17, 2011 · I get that usually a- (or un-) and di- prefixes mean different things, e.g. uninterested and disinterested. However, both asymmetric and dissymmetric refer to the lack of symmetry (which the …
What term is used for the closing of a letter?
Salutation is the term used to describe the beginning of a letter or other correspondence. What is the term used for the closing of a letter? Here are some examples: Yours truly, Sincerely, Best wi...
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Oct 31, 2015 · I know the word normal distribution. But what does a statistician call it when the curve of the distribution tails less steeply (ie falls more gradually) to the left or right?