symmetrize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either from French symétriser or symmetry +‎ -ize.[1][2]

Verb

symmetrize (third-person singular simple present symmetrizes, present participle symmetrizing, simple past and past participle symmetrized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become symmetric.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “symmetrize, v.”, in OED Online ⁠‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “symmetrize”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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