Usually means: Union minus intersection of sets.
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  1. symmetric difference: Collins English Dictionary
  2. symmetric difference: Wiktionary
  3. symmetric difference: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. symmetric difference: Dictionary.com
  5. Symmetric difference: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. symmetric difference: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms

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  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Symmetric Difference: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. symmetric difference, symmetric difference: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (symmetric difference)

noun:  (set theory) The set that contains all elements belonging to either of given two sets but not to the both; the relative complement of the intersection in the union of given two sets.

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