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Disposition > Symmetrical disposition
PREFERRED TERM
Symmetrical disposition  
DEFINITION
  • In a textile pattern, the decorative elements and/or motifs are distributed about a dividing line, plane or point. The elements are regularly, harmoniously, well-proportioned and balanced distributed at equal distances on opposite sides of such line.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
  • symmetrical layout
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Disposition symétrique

French

Disposizione simmetrica

Italian

Disposición simétrica

Spanish

disposición a espejo
disposición bilateral
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/800
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