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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Same

Hi.

He defined symmetry as:

"A situation in which both sides have the same position.[...]"


What does 'same' mean here? And why?

dictionaries give several senses after all...


Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

The dictionaries do not list several definitions for a word because the word is strictly limited to those uses. A dictionary can only approximate a word's meaning, and the meanings are not enumerated even though they are numbered. One dictionary will give three definitions for a word, and another will give seven.

— Enoon

  • The dictionaries do not list several definitions for a word because the word is strictly limited to those uses.
  • A dictionary can only approximate a word's meaning, and the meanings are not enumerated even though they are numbered.
  • One dictionary will give three definitions for a word, and another will give seven.
  • You have to get the idea of the word and then learn how it is applied by reading and listening a lot.
  • You can no doubt see that the core meaning for "same" of "being the very one" is related to this slightly figurative meaning of "corresponding in every particular".
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The dictionaries do not list several definitions for a word because the word is strictly limited to those uses. A dictionary can only approximate a word's meaning, and the meanings are not enumerated even though they are numbered. One dictionary will give three definitions for a word, and another will give seven. You have to get the idea of the word and then learn how it is applied by reading and
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Physical symmetry allows you to put a mirror in the center of something, and the whole would look the same.

Symmetry could also be used figuratively.

A word like "wow" could be called symmetrical (as well as a palindrome).
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