adj
Meaning 1
Not symmetric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an asymmetric shape
- asymmetric gameplay
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
asymmetric
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.səˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
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Australian: /ˌæɪ.səˈmet.ɹɪk/
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New-Zealand: /ˌæɪ.səˈmet.ɹək/
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CMU ARPABET: EY2 S AH0 M EH1 T R IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: asymmetrical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From a- + symmetric, as Ancient Greek ἀσυμμετρία (asummetría, “disproportion, deformity”).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: asimetrik — not symmetric
- Catalan: asimètric — not symmetric
- Czech: asymetrický — not symmetric
- Danish: asymmetrisk — not symmetric
- Dutch: asymmetrisch — not symmetric
- Esperanto: nesimetria — not symmetric
- Finnish: epäsymmetrinen — not symmetric
- French: asymétrique — not symmetric
- Galician: asimétrico — not symmetric
- German: asymmetrisch — not symmetric
- Hungarian: aszimmetrikus — not symmetric
- Icelandic: ósamhverfur — not symmetric
- Icelandic: ósamloka — not symmetric
- Italian: asimetrico — not symmetric
- Japanese: 非対称的 (hi-taishō-teki) — not symmetric
- Norwegian Bokmål: asymmetrisk — not symmetric
- Norwegian Nynorsk: asymmetrisk — not symmetric
- Occitan: asimetric — not symmetric
- Polish: asymetryczny — not symmetric
- Polish: niesymetryczny — not symmetric
- Portuguese: assimétrico — not symmetric
- Romanian: asimetric — not symmetric
- Spanish: asimétrico — not symmetric
- Swedish: asymmetrisk — not symmetric
- Swedish: osymmetrisk — not symmetric
- Turkish: asimetrik — not symmetric
Real reading context