Asymmetric

Definition: Asymmetric

Asymmetric

Adjective

1. Characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Asymmetric

Distortion

Adjective: distorted; Verb: out of shape, irregular, asymmetric, unsymmetric, awry, wry, askew, crooked; not true, not straight; on one side, crump, deformed; harelipped; misshapen, misbegotten; misproportioned, ill proportioned; ill-made; grotesque, monstrous, crooked as a ram's horn; camel backed, hump backed, hunch backed, bunch backed, crook backed; bandy; bandy legged, bow legged; bow kneed, knock kneed; splay footed, club footed; round shouldered; snub nosed; curtailed of one's fair proportions; stumpy; (short); gaunt; (thin); bloated; scalene; simous; taliped, talipedic.

Unconformity

Heterogeneous, heteroclite, amorphous, mongrel, amphibious, epicene, half blood, hybrid; androgynous, androgynal; asymmetric; adelomorphous, bisexual, hermaphrodite, monoclinous.

Crosswords: Asymmetric

Books

• Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century (reference)

• Asset Pricing Under Asymmetric Information: Bubbles, Crashes, Technical Analysis, and Herding (reference)

• Asymmetric Conflicts : War Initiation by Weaker Powers (reference)

• Asymmetric Deregulation: The Dynamics of Telecommunications Policy in Europe and the United States (reference)

• Asymmetric Oxidation Reactions: A Practical Approach in Chemistry (The Practical Approach in Chemistry Series) (reference)

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Periodicals

• Ca Selects Plus: Asymmetric Synthesis & Induction (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

An asymmetric lesion is one that is not regularly round or oval. Border irregularity refers to notching, scalloping, or poorly defined lesion margins. (references)

Since prostate enlargement is often asymmetric, the size of the prostate as estimated on rectal exam may be misleading when evaluating the possible contribution of prostatic hypertrophy to urinary obstruction. (references)

Cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis) is characterized by asymmetric muscle spasms in the neck, which cause turning or tilting movements and sustained abnormal postures of the head. Mild to moderate head tremor and musculoskeletal pain are frequently present. (references)

Business

Asymmetric necklines, three-quarter length sleeves, fitted shirts as a jacket; puffed sleeves, drawstring tops as layering pieces, tube tops, funnel necks, and the layering of sheer cotton T-shirts, tunics. (references)

In technical terms Infocom offers an asymmetric solution (four satellite dishes located in regional centers and Kiev receive satellite data, all outgoing data is transmitted via fiber optic channels) managed by Ukrtelecom. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

Sao Paulo's telecommunications operator, Telefonica is currently offering high speed services through the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and TVA cable television also offers high speed Internet access through cable modem technology their "@jato" service. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "asymmetric": asymmetric carbon atom ♦ asymmetric characteristic circuit element ♦ asymmetric circuit element ♦ asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ♦ asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop ♦ asymmetric divergence ♦ asymmetric element ♦ asymmetric element of a circuit ♦ asymmetric fold ♦ asymmetric loading ♦ asymmetric strip line ♦ asymmetric valley. Additional references.

Beginning with "asymmetric": asymmetric-characteristic.

Afrikaans

asimmetries (asymmetrical, dissymmetric). (various references)

Albanian

asimetrik (dissymmetrical, skew). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لامتماثل (asymmetrical). (various references)

Bulgarian 

несиметричен (dissymmetrical, irregular, lop-sided, oblique, skew). (various references)

Chinese 

非對稱 , 不对称 (Asymmetrical). (various references)

Czech

asymetrický, nesoumìrný (disproportionate). (various references)

Danish

asymmetrisk type (asymmetric type), asymmetrisk topolet element (asymmetric characteristic circuit element, asymmetric circuit element, asymmetric element, asymmetric element of a circuit, asymmetric-characteristic circuit element), asymmetrisk topolet del (asymmetric characteristic circuit element, asymmetric circuit element, asymmetric element, asymmetric element of a circuit, asymmetric-characteristic circuit element), asymmetrisk sprøjtedouche (asymmetric spray sheet), asymmetrisk signal (asymmetric signal), asymmetrisk relation (asymmetric relation), asymmetrisk nærlys (asymmetric low beam), asymmetrisk microstrip (asymmetric strip line, microstrip), asymmetrisk kredsløbsdel (asymmetric characteristic circuit element, asymmetric circuit element, asymmetric element, asymmetric element of a circuit, asymmetric-characteristic circuit element), asymmetrisk kobling (asymmetric coupling), asymmetrisk fold (asymmetric fold, unsymmetrical fold), asymmetrisk digitalt abonnentkredsløb (ADSL, asymmetric digital subscriber loop), asymmetrisk defekt (asymmetric defect), asymmetrisk belastning (asymmetric loading), ADSL (ADSL, asymmetric digital subscriber loop, asymmetrical digital subscriber loop). (various references)

Dutch

asymmetrisch (asymmetrical, dissymmetric). (various references)

Esperanto

nesimetria (asymmetrical, dissymmetric), malsimetria (asymmetrical, dissymmetric). (various references)

Finnish

epäsymmetrinen (asymmetrical, unsymmetrical), epäsuotuisuus, epämukainen (irregular, not uniform). (various references)

French

asymétrique (asymmetrical). (various references)

German

asymmetrisch (asymmetrical, dissymmetric, one sided). (various references)

Greek 

ασύμμετρος (asymmetrical, unsymmetrical). (various references)

Hungarian

aszimmetrikus (asymmetrical, lopsided, skew, skewed), asszimetrikus (asymmetrical, dissymmetric, dissymmetrical). (various references)

Italian

asimmetrico (asymmetrical, lopsided, oblique). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

アクリル繊維 (accommodator, accord, accordion, accordion door, accordion pleats, achromatic lens, acid, acidosis, acoustic, acoustic guitar, acoustic sound, acrobat, acrobatic, acrobatic dance, acrobatic dancer, acropolis, acrylic fiber, acrylonitrile, against, against wind, agglomeration, aggressive, agitation, agoraphobia, agreement, agribusiness, agriculture, Asia, Asia dollar, aside, assassin, assault, assert, assertiveness training, assign, assignment, assist, assistance, assistant, assistant director, assistant manager, assistant purser, asymmetric design, asymmetry, contortionist, to instigate, to stir up). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

アシンメトリックデザイン (asymmetric design), アシメトリックデザイン (asymmetric design). (various references)

Korean 

불� 형 (Asymmetrical, imbalance). (various references)

Manx

sprangagh (disproportionate, irregular, knock-kneed, leggy, non-uniform, shuffling, waddle, waddling). (various references)

Pig Latin

asymmetricay

Portuguese

assimétrico (asymmetrical, discriminatory, dissymmetrical, lopsided, one-sided, uneven). (various references)

Romanian

asimetric (asymmetrical, irregular, scraggy). (various references)

Russian 

асимметричный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

asimetričan (asymmetrical). (various references)

Spanish

asimétrico (asymmetrical, one sided, skew). (various references)

Swedish

asymmetrisk (asymmetrical, unsymmetrical). (various references)

Turkish

asimetrik (asymmetrical, dissymmetrical, skew), bakışımsız (asymmetrical, dissymmetrical). (various references)

Ukrainian

асиметричний (asymmetrical, non-symmetrical, one sided, skew). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không đối xứng (asymmetrical, non-symmetric, unsymmetrical). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "asymmetric": asymmetrical, asymmetrically. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Asymmetric" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assymetric, assymmetric, asymetric, asymmecric, asymmectric, asymmertic, asymmeyric. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: symmetric.

-2 letters: ceramist, marmites, matrices, mistrace, racemism, rammiest, scimetar.

-3 letters: cristae, imarets, maestri, maimers, marmite, mastery, metrics, mismate, misrate, misterm, myricas, raciest, satyric, sectary, sematic, semimat, smartie, stammer, stearic, streamy, tammies, yammers.

-4 letters: aimers, airest, amices, armets, armies, camise, carets, caries, cartes, caster, caters, cerias, citers, crates, creams, creamy, creasy, crimes, crista, cymars, ericas.

+1 letter: symmetrical.

+2 letters: asymmetrical, axisymmetric.

+3 letters: antisymmetric, symmetrically, unsymmetrical.

+4 letters: asymmetrically, axisymmetrical, nonsymmetrical, presymptomatic, thermodynamics.

+5 letters: commiseratingly, semidocumentary, symmetricalness, unsymmetrically.