- A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each
other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a
thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work
to the whole. - The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity
in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts,
such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally
symmetrical. - Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles
in a flower. - Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the
same kind; regularity.
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