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Meanings of line symmetry in English

Russian
осевая симметрия
Portuguese
simetria de reflexão
Catalan
simetria de reflexió
Spanish
simetría especular
Wikidata

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
Synonyms
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