Associations to the word «Asymmetry»

Wiktionary

ASYMMETRY, noun. Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, especially want of bilateral symmetry.
ASYMMETRY, noun. Lacking a common measure between two objects or quantities; Incommensurability.
ASYMMETRY, noun. That which causes something to not be symmetrical.

Dictionary definition

ASYMMETRY, noun. (mathematics) a lack of symmetry.

Wise words

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