Encyclopedia results for Symmetry

1. Symmetry
   Image Asymmetric PSF .png right 250px Image Sphere symmetry group o.svg thumb 200px Sphere symmetrical ... ca. 1487 is often used as a representation of symmetry in the human body and, by extension, the natural ..
   
   
   
2. T-symmetry
   T symmetry is the symmetry in physics symmetry of physical laws under a time reversal Transformation ... this symmetry, the universe itself does not show symmetry under time reversal. This is due to the uncertainty ..
   
   
   
3. Axial symmetry
   Axial symmetry is symmetry around an axis an object is axially symmetric if its appearance is unchanged if rotated around some axis. See also Rotational symmetry has a more general discussion Chiral symmetry ..
   
   
   
4. Symmetry element
   A symmetry element is a point of reference about which symmetry operation s can take place. In particular, symmetry elements can be centers of inversion, axes of rotation and mirror planes. See also Symmetry ..
   
   
   
5. Global symmetry
   A global symmetry is a symmetry in physics Local and global symmetries symmetry that holds for all points in the spacetime under consideration, as opposed to a local symmetry that only holds for an open ..
   
   
   
6. Reflection symmetry
   Cleanup date November 2007 Image Symmetry.png thumb 250px right Figures with the axes of symmetry drawn in. Reflection symmetry , line symmetry , mirror symmetry , mirror image symmetry , or symmetry biology ..
   
   
   
7. Plane symmetry
   Plane symmetry means a symmetry of a pattern in the Euclidean plane that is, a transformation of the plane ... group . The groups that arise in this way are plane symmetry groups and are of considerable mathematical ..
   
   
   
8. Symmetry (biology)
   Bilateral symmetry redirects here. For bilateral symmetry in mathematics, see reflection symmetry . Image ... of bilateral symmetry. Symmetry in biology is the balanced distribution of duplicate body parts ..
   
   
   
9. Symmetry combinations
   unreferenced date November 2006 This article discusses various symmetry combinations . In 2D, mirror image symmetry in combination with n fold rotational symmetry, with the center of rotational symmetry ..
   
   
   
10. R-symmetry
    In theoretical physics , the R symmetry is the symmetry transforming different supercharge s in a theory with supersymmetry into each other. In the simplest case of the N 1 supersymmetry, such an R symmetry ..
    
    
    
11. Fearful Symmetry
    Fearful Symmetry is a quotation from William Blake s poem The Tyger . It has been used as the name of a number of other works Fearful Symmetry album the title of a 1986 album by rock band Daniel Amos Fearful ..
    
    
    
12. Circular symmetry
    Circular symmetry in mathematical physics applies to a 2 dimensional field physics field which can be expressed ... carrying wire. A pattern with circular symmetry would consist of concentric circle s. The 3 ..
    
    
    
13. Broken symmetry
    Image SombreroHarryTrumann.jpg thumb right Mexican Hat Broken symmetry is a concept, developed by Tsung ... rotational symmetry or translational symmetry . That is, when one can only rotate an object in certain ..
    
    
    
14. Rotational symmetry
    flag . Generally speaking, an object with rotational symmetry is an object that looks the same after a certain amount of rotation . An object may have more than one rotational symmetry for instance ..
    
    
    
15. Molecular symmetry
    Molecular symmetry in chemistry describes the symmetry present in molecule s and the classification of molecules according to their symmetry. Molecular symmetry is a fundamental concept in chemistry, as it can ..
    
    
    
16. Discrete symmetry
    Refimprove date September 2007 In theoretical physics , a discrete symmetry is a symmetry under the transformations of a discrete group i.e. a topological group with a discrete topology whose elements ..
    
    
    
17. C-symmetry
    In physics , C symmetry means the symmetry of physical laws under a charge physics charge conjugation ... obey C symmetry, but weak interactions violate C symmetry maximally. Charge Reversal in Electromagnetism ..
    
    
    
18. Symmetry breaking
    Symmetry breaking in physics describes a phenomenon where infinitesimally small fluctuation s acting ... the Thermal noise noise , the choice will appear arbitrary. This process is called symmetry ..
    
    
    
19. Icosahedral symmetry
    icosahedral symmetry. This commonplace object is not, however, a regular icosahedron it is a Spherical ... 5 sub the alternating group on 5 letters , and the full symmetry group including reflections ..
    
    
    
20. Octahedral symmetry
    image hexahedron.jpg 150px thumb right The cube is the most common shape with octahedral symmetry A regular ... such symmetry for each permutation of the four pairs of opposite sides of the octahedron. Details ..
    
    
    
21. Symmetry set
    Unreferenced date March 2008 Image Ellipse symmetry set.svg right thumb 240px A ellipse red , its evolute blue , and its symmetry set green and yellow . the medial axis is just the green portion of the symmetry ..
    
    
    
22. CPT symmetry
    CPT symmetry is a fundamental Symmetry in physics symmetry of physical law s under transformation mathematics ... and time simultaneously. History Efforts in the late 1950s revealed the violation of P symmetry ..
    
    
    
23. Symmetry in physics
    Symmetry in physics refers to features of a physical system that exhibit the property of symmetry â that is, under ... , according to a particular observation . A symmetry of a physical system is a physical or mathematical ..
    
    
    
24. Tetrahedral symmetry
    symmetry A regular tetrahedron has 12 rotational or orientation preserving symmetries, and a total ... of four objects, since there is exactly one such symmetry for each permutation of the vertices of the tetrahedron ..
    
    
    
25. Continuous symmetry
    In mathematics , continuous symmetry is an intuitive idea corresponding to the concept of viewing some symmetries as Motion physics motion s, as opposed to e.g. reflection symmetry , which is invariance ..