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a·sym·me·try

[ey-sim-i-tree]
noun
the quality or state of being asymmetric.

Origin:
1645–55; < Greek asymmetría lack of proportion. See a-6, symmetry
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Example Sentences
  • It fits with a large body of research showing emotional asymmetry in the brain, he said.
  • Neither one of us was comfortable with the asymmetry in our roles or the apparent gender reversal.
  • On the internet, such implicit ranking may be made explicit by measuring relationships and their asymmetry.
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World English Dictionary
asymmetry (æˈsɪmɪtrɪ, eɪ-)
 
n
lack or absence of symmetry in spatial arrangements or in mathematical or logical relations

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Word Origin & History

asymmetry
1650s, "want of symmetry or proportion," from Gk. asymmetria, from asymmetros, from a- "not" + symmetros "commensurable."
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Medical Dictionary

asymmetry a·sym·me·try (ā-sĭm'ĭ-trē)
n.
Disproportion between two or more like parts; lack of symmetry.

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