asymmetry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: asymmetry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for asymmetry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
asymmetry n (mathematics) a lack of symmetry [syn: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance] Antonym(s): balance, correspondence, symmetricalness, symmetry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asymmetry \Asym"metry\, n. [Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] symmetry.] 1. Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry. 2. (Math.) Incommensurability. [Obs.] --Barrow.