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Asymmetry   Listen
noun
Asymmetry  n.  
1.
Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. lack of bilateral symmetry.
2.
(Math.) Incommensurability. (Obs.)





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"Asymmetry" Quotes from Famous Books



... immobility of the thoracic parietes and consequent asymmetry of movement were constant. This was especially a marked feature when the upper part of the chest was implicated on one side only. It rather corresponded, however, to the local shock observed in wounds ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins


Words linked to "Asymmetry" :   geometrical irregularity, dissymmetry, footedness, math, imbalance, asymmetrical, symmetry, skewness, handedness, laterality, lopsidedness, spatial property, mathematics, eyedness, maths, spatiality, irregularity, asymmetric, radial asymmetry


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