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Axial symmetry is "Axial symmetry"
Axial symmetry is symmetry
Symmetry (from grc, συμμετρία "agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement") in everyday language refers to a sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance. In mathematics, "symmetry" has a more precise definiti ...
around an axis; an object is axially symmetric if its appearance is unchanged if rotated around an axis.American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the premier scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. Its mission is to advance th ...
glossary of meteorology. Retrieved 2010-04-08. For example, a baseball bat without trademark or other design, or a plain white tea saucer, looks the same if it is rotated by any angle about the line passing lengthwise through its center, so it is axially symmetric.
Axial symmetry can also be discrete with a fixed angle of rotation, 360°/''n'' for n-fold symmetry.
See also
* Axiality (geometry) * Circular symmetry * Reflection symmetry *Rotational symmetry
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 ...
has a more general discussion
* Chiral symmetry describes the use in quantum mechanics
References
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