symmetrize
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English
Alternative forms
- symmetrise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
Either from French symétriser or symmetry + -ize.[1][2]
Verb
symmetrize (third-person singular simple present symmetrizes, present participle symmetrizing, simple past and past participle symmetrized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become symmetric.
Derived terms
References
- ^ “symmetrize, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-09-19.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “symmetrize”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
