symmetric

symmetric
a) Symmetrical.

"Is a sibling of" is a symmetric relation.

b) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of S (that is, if the relation holds between any element and a second, it also holds between the second and the first).
See Also: asymmetric, symmetry

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