Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Want of symmetry or proportion.
- noun The want of a common measure between two quantities; incommensurability.
- noun In chem., absence of symmetry in the positions particular atoms are believed to occupy in the molecule of a compound substance. See
asymmetric .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. lack of bilateral symmetry.
- noun (Math.), obsolete Incommensurability.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Want of
symmetry , or proportion between the parts of a thing, especially want ofbilateral symmetry . - noun Lacking a common measure between two objects or quantities;
Incommensurability . - noun That which causes something to not be symmetrical.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
Etymologies
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Examples
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Veterans of North Korean diplomacy say the tactic is based on what they call an "asymmetry of reasonableness."
U.S.: Pyongyang Move Surprised China Evan Ramstad 2011
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Veterans of North Korean diplomacy say the tactic is based on what they call an "asymmetry of reasonableness."
U.S.: Pyongyang Move Surprised China Evan Ramstad 2011
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My favorite post on policy asymmetry is this one from Catallarchy.
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The result of the prize-winning work showed for the first, time that the left-right asymmetry is not always completely compensated by transforming from matter to antimatter.
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Raman sought to find the explanation of the anomalies in asymmetry observed in the molecules.
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This is the great and true "asymmetry" - a word much in current use-of Wall Street, a disconnect that is as much philosophical as financial.
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Yeah, but the asymmetry is that while voters say they care about deficits, but don’t vote like they do.
Matthew Yglesias » The Senate’s Underpants Gnome Problem 2010
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Another possible explanation for the asymmetry is the discrete nature of the marriage contract.
Your Money or Yourself, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The asymmetry is a matter of what is known directly and not known directly, and the specific kind of knowledge.
Other Minds Hyslop, Alec 2005
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At worst it means using warped double standards, what Ferdinand Mount has called the asymmetry of indulgence between tyrannies of left and right.
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