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dissymmetry

[ dih-sim-i-tree, dis-sim- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

dissymmetry

/ dɪˈsɪmɪtrɪ; ˌdɪsɪˈmɛtrɪk; dɪsˈsɪm-; ˌdɪssɪ- /

lack of symmetry
the relationship between two objects when one is the mirror image of the other See also chirality
another name for chirality

dis·sym·met·ric [dis-i-, me, -trik, dis-si-], dissym·metri·cal adjective
dissym·metri·cal·ly adverb

First recorded in 1835–45; dis- ¹ + symmetry

If later on the large pincer is again cut off the process is repeated and the original dissymmetry is restored.

None of these substances, however, has any effect on polarized light or shows any dissymmetry in the form of its crystals.

Pasteur found that the paratartrates were not only dissymmetrical, but that they possessed two forms of dissymmetry.

If Pasteur's idea as to the dissymmetry of crystals were confirmed, a great scientific advance was assured.

Dissymmetry probably represents some essential manifestation of vital force.

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