The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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One world is ending, and a new one is just about to begin; “Amrum” is full of such satisfying symmetries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Researchers also developed a specialized version of the method that detects key crystal symmetries within the material.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
Their success stemmed in part from identifying patterns in physical systems, including symmetries and differences in length scales, which helped them design scalable circuits that prepare states with localized correlations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2025
As its winking title suggests, director Trương Minh Quý’s “Việt and Nam” is constructed out of neat symmetries and thorny juxtapositions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
What does this idea—say, the knotting of braids—have in common with that one in some other seemingly disparate area—say, the symmetries of some geometric figure?
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
