dictionary definitions for "asymmetry"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  asymmetry
      n : (mathematics) a lack of symmetry [syn: imbalance] [ant:
          symmetry]

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

  Asymmetry \A*sym"me*try\, n. [Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? symmetry.]
     1. Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a
        thing, esp. lack of bilateral symmetry.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Math.) Incommensurability. [Obs.] --Barrow.
        [1913 Webster]


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