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Can you use the word symmetry for 3 equal parts?

Or, is it only correct for 2?

Is it different in math as opposed to every day use in the English language?

An example would be saying trimesters have symmetry. Or, the pie was cut into 3 symmetrical parts. It sounds odd to me.

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