Symmetry

 an object is symmetrical when one half is a mirror image of the other half.
 it may be divided by one or more lines of symmetry.

Spiral

 A curve on a plane that turns endlessly outward or inward (or both). Spirals
usually have polar equations.
 path of a curve moving away at an ever increasing distance
from a fixed point at its centre.

Tessellate, Tessellation
• a tessellation or tiling is a pattern of shapes
that fit together without any gaps.

Fractals
Fractals have a pattern that we see again after zooming in.
The pattern can be:
• perfectly the same, like the Sierpinski triangle at right, which looks exactly the same when zoomed in
by 2
• based on a formula, like the Mandelbrot Set below, which looks a bit different as it is zoomed in
• only general, such as a tree which has a trunk, limbs, branches then twigs