asymmetry

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.

   Despite the generally symmetrical appearance of the two hemispheres, however, a number of biological asymmetries have been documented during the last hundred years.

2. 2
   noun

   (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

3. 3
   noun

   The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.

From Ancient Greek ἀσυμμετρία (asummetría), from ἀσύμμετρος (asúmmetros) + -ία (-ía), from ἀ- (a-) + σύμμετρος (súmmetros); equivalent to a- + symmetry.

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