noun
Meaning 1
asymmetry
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dissymmetry
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S IH1 M AH0 T R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
chirality
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
(mathematics) a lack of symmetry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: asymmetry, imbalance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spatial property, spatiality
Narrower terms: irregularity, geometrical irregularity, lopsidedness, skewness, radial asymmetry, handedness, laterality, footedness, eyedness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English symmetry English dissymmetry From dis- + symmetry.