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asymmetry::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dissymmetry, imbalance |
| Type of | spatiality, spatial property |
| Has types | laterality, lopsidedness, handedness, geometrical irregularity, footedness, radial asymmetry, skewness, eyedness, irregularity |
| Derivation | asymmetric, asymmetrical |
Examples of asymmetry
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Previously overlooked asymmetry has been found in Arabidopsis and tomato leaves.
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Rococo style took pleasure in asymmetry, a taste that was new to European style.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The lens asymmetry causes an offset between the nodal plane and pupil positions.
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It is quite difficult to achieve this asymmetry in non-living chemical reactions.
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A protein called Nodal plays an important role in the development of asymmetry.
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The greater the asymmetry, the shorter the life expectancy, especially for men.
From the economist.com
Bifractality of human DNA strand-asymmetry profiles results from transcription.
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Even in the asymmetry of the the branch placement, each branch has two divisions.
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Another hypothesis says that consumers'inventory management drives the asymmetry.
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- (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
- (asymmetrical) characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
- (asymmetrical) irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline"
- Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, a symmetry.
- Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, especially want of bilateral symmetry; Lacking a common measure between two objects or quantities; Incommensurability; That which causes something to not be symmetrical
- (Asymmetric) tires that have differing tread patterns on each half of the tire.
- (Asymmetric) (also see Profile)When the tyre tread pattern varies from one side of the tread to the other. These must be fitted with the outside sidewall on the outer face of the wheel. Directional versions will also be specific to the left and right sides of the vehicle. ...
- (Asymmetric) When opposite sides of a tire's tread pattern are not identical.
- (asymmetric) not divisible into similar halves in any plane.
