Bilateral symmetry. Think of bi- meaning "two", and lateral meaning "pertaining to the side." Therefore, it is symmetric for two sides.
An object or organism that has left and right halves that mirror each other is said to exhibit bilateral symmetry. This is a common characteristic of many animals, including humans. It means that if an imaginary line is drawn down the center of the organism, the two halves will be nearly identical in shape and size.
Something with symmetry is said to be symmetrical
A symmetrical shape is said to have line symmetry. A shape that has line symmetry can have one or more lines of symmetry
The shape is said to have lateral symmetry.
A pentagon is a five sided geometrical figure; if the pentagon fits exactly inside some other geometrical figure (such as a circle) then it can be said to be inscribed in that figure.
Something that can be cut into equal halves in only one direction is said to have bilateral symmetry.
Something that can be cut into equal halves in only one direction is said to have bilateral symmetry.
Something that can be cut into equal halves in only one direction is said to have bilateral symmetry.
Something that can be cut into equal halves in only one direction is said to have bilateral symmetry.
Something that can be cut into equal halves in only one direction is said to have bilateral symmetry.
For an equilateral triangle, there are three axes of symmetry. A plane figure is symmetrical about the line l if, whenever P is a point of the figure, so too is P', where P' is the mirror-image of P in the line l. The line is called a line of symmetry (or axis of symmetry), and the figure is said to be a symmetrical by the reflection in the line l. An equilateral triangle with reflection symmetry has two halves that are mirror images of each other. If the shape is folded over its line of symmetry, the two halves of the shape match exactly. So, we can say that the two halves of an equilateral triangle are matched exactly only when its shape is folded over the lines of symmetry that passes through their vertixes and the midpoint of its sides. Thus, an equilateral triangle has three lines of symmetry, and three angles of rotation. If you rotate any shape a full turn, it will look like it did before you rotated it. When you rotate a shape less than a full turn about its center point and it looks exactly as it did before you rotated it, it has rotation symmetry. In an equilateral triangle there are three places in the rotation where the triangle will look exactly the same as its starting position. If we turn the triangle one third of a full turn (60 degrees), the vertex 1 will be at position 3, vertex 2 will be at position 1, and vertex 3 will be at position 2, and the triangle will look like its starting position.
A figure that has matching parts when divided by a line is said to have a line of symmetry. These figures are also called symmetrical and their center of gravity lies along the line of symmetry.
In bilateral symmetry (also called plane symmetry), only one plane, called the sagittal plane, will divide an organism into roughly mirror image halves (with respect to external appearance only, see situs solitus). Thus there is approximate reflection symmetry. Often the two halves can meaningfully be referred to as the right and left halves, e.g. in the case of an animal with a main direction of motion in the plane of symmetry.
A figure which is identical on both sides of LINE is said to be symmetrical about that line and that line is called line of symmetryor axsis of symmetry. Line of symetry is also called 'mirror line'
An object or organism that has left and right halves that mirror each other is said to exhibit bilateral symmetry. This is a common characteristic of many animals, including humans. It means that if an imaginary line is drawn down the center of the organism, the two halves will be nearly identical in shape and size.
Something with symmetry is said to be symmetrical
A symmetrical shape is said to have line symmetry. A shape that has line symmetry can have one or more lines of symmetry