Asymmetric

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asymmetric \As`ym*met"ric\, Asymmetrical \As`ym*met"ri*cal\, a.
     [See {Asymmetrous}.]
     1. Incommensurable. [Obs.]
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     2. Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally


        symmetrical. --Huxley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  asymmetric
       adj : characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or
             placement of parts or components [syn: {asymmetrical}]
             [ant: {symmetrical}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "asymmetric":
     anamorphous, askew, bent, bowed, cockeyed, contorted, crazy,
     crooked, crumpled, crunched, deviative, disparate,
     disproportionate, distorted, ill-matched, ill-proportioned,
     ill-sorted, inadequate, insufficient, irregular, labyrinthine,
     lopsided, mismatched, nonsymmetric, odd, one-sided,
     out of proportion, skew, skewed, sprung, tortuous, twisted,
     unequal, uneven, unsymmetric, warped