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The term Symmetry arises in a number of contexts, and has several, related meanings<ref> Intial definitions from: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/symmetry</ref> :
 
The term Symmetry arises in a number of contexts, and has several, related meanings<ref> Intial definitions from: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/symmetry</ref> :
 
   
 
   
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* It may refer to an object which has balanced proportions, and the beauty of form arising from those balanced proportions, notably a face, or an animal, e.g a tiger, as in Blake's poem:
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* It may refer to an object which has balanced proportions, and the beauty of form arising from those balanced proportions, notably a face, or an animal, e.g a tiger, as in the poem by Willaim Blake (1757–1827):
 
  TIGER, tiger, burning bright   
 
  TIGER, tiger, burning bright   
 
  In the forests of the night,   
 
  In the forests of the night,   
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