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| central axis | a dividing line that works lie the point of balance in the balance scale |
| radial balance | when the forces or elements of a design come out from a central point |
| formal balance | when equal or very similar elements are placed on opposite sides of a central axis |
| balance | the principle of design concerned with equalizing visual forces or elements in a work of art |
| informal balance | a balance of unlike objects |
| symmetry | formal balance in which two halves of a balanced comosition are identical mirror images of each other |
| approximate symmetry | symmetry that is almost symmetrical |
| asymmetrical balance | another term for informal balance |
