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asymmetry

[ ey-sim-i-tree ]

noun

  1. the quality or state of being asymmetric.


asymmetry

/ eɪ-; æˈsɪmɪtrɪ /

noun

  1. lack or absence of symmetry in spatial arrangements or in mathematical or logical relations
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of asymmetry1

First recorded in 1645–55, asymmetry is from the Greek word asymmetría lack of proportion. See a- 6, symmetry
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Example Sentences

I continued to think about the growing asymmetry of access to capital, talent and knowledge in the startup ecosystem and the lack of infrastructure addressing it.

Theorists soon came out with a number of possible ways to explain the proton’s asymmetry.

If only we could fix those asymmetries, we tell ourselves, or fill that gap and find that missing ingredient—whether it’s a title, a certain weight, the cure for some anxiety or acceptance in a group we covet—we’ll finally feel whole.

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These operations undermine human autonomy and create huge societal asymmetries of knowledge and power—a whole new dimension of inequality.

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Thus, its brain asymmetry was not caused by hormones, but by genes directly.

“Always darker and to correct what they believe is asymmetry,” she says.

That asymmetry explains a great deal of the difference between the parties.

He embraces asymmetry, is besotted by rhinestones, and swoons over the promise of romance hidden in dark shadows.

But he also sees sexual asymmetry as an impoverished view of sex.

Another feature of interest which first becomes apparent during this stage is the asymmetry of the germinal disc.

The size and shape of the head, its malformations and asymmetry, may be measured with a fair amount of success.

The southern slopes are snow-clad, the northern are snow-free—in harmony with the line of asymmetry.

There was slight asymmetry of the face, due to flattening on the right side; there was no perceptible lack of cranial symmetry.

Another time, after listening to a reprimand from the headmaster, he twitted that learned man with the asymmetry of his neckcloth.

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