dictionary definitions for "asymmetric"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  asymmetric
      adj 1: characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or
             placement of parts or components [syn: asymmetrical,
             asymmetric] [ant: symmetric, symmetrical]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asymmetric \As`ym*met"ric\, Asymmetrical \As`ym*met"ri*cal\, a.
     [See Asymmetrous.]
     1. Incommensurable. [Obs.]
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     2. Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally
        symmetrical. --Huxley.
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