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Meanings of line symmetry in English

Russian
осевая симметрия
Portuguese
simetria de reflexão
Catalan
simetria de reflexió
Spanish
simetría especular
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Symmetry with respect to a plane, when the shape does not change by reflecting all of its part from a mirror plane.

      осевая симметрия
      Russian
      осевая симметрия
      Portuguese
      eixo de simetria
      Catalan
      simetria de revolució
      Spanish
      aximetría

      Symmetry with respect to an axis, when a shape which does not change upon undergoing a rotation around its symmetry axis.

            осевая симметрия
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            Examples for "axial symmetry"
            Examples for "axial symmetry"
            1
            The single figures were from the first, and for the most part, treated with an axial symmetry.
            Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" ...
            2
            A key ingredient to the full argument was that if there is any rotation present, then there must be complete axial symmetry.
            The Guardian
            Usage of line symmetry in English
            1
            This familiar example is called line symmetry.
            Wired
            2
            The above rotation is one symmetry of the square, and our example of line symmetry can be thought of as another.
            Wired