Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as unsymmetrical.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Lacking symmetry; asymmetric

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lacking symmetry

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From un- +‎ symmetric

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word unsymmetric.

Examples

  • Squirrel-cage Induction Motor with effective resistance for starting in the stator and self-monitoring (unsymmetric circuit)

    5. Contactor Circuits Klaus Janoske 1991

  • Another trend, growing from Weyl's work, involved introducing various geo - metrical features, such as torsion, directly into space - time, a notable example being the theory, based on an unsymmetric gab, on which Einstein was working at the time of his death.

    RELATIVITY BANESH HOFFMANN 1968

  • In others the tail fin is unsymmetric: the backbone runs into the upper lobe, leaving the two lobes of unequal size.

    The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900

  • This results, apparently, in motives of irregular, unsymmetric lengths; but no confusion is possible if the student will recollect and apply the rule that the objective point (the heart, so to speak) of each motive is the first primary accent it contains; counting from these points, all irregularities of melodic extent become purely accidental and harmless.

    Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition Percy Goetschius 1898

  • There is always a degree of incongruity in passing abruptly from the stiff symmetrical forms of a building, to the unsymmetric, though graceful, forms of a tree left in a state of nature; and it was no doubt a feeling of this kind which induced our ancestors to surround their houses with formal architectural gardens and trees clipped into stiff and regular forms.

    The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845

  • I hope ABAQUS allows for unsymmetric tangent moduli but don't know enough about that software.

    iMechanica - Comments 2009

  • I hope ABAQUS allows for unsymmetric tangent moduli but don't know enough about that software.

    iMechanica - Comments 2009

  • I hope ABAQUS allows for unsymmetric tangent moduli but don't know enough about that software.

    iMechanica - Comments 2009

  • LinAlg (linear algebra: dense, sparse, unsymmetric linear solvers, eigenvalues and eigenprojectors, etc.);

    iMechanica - Comments 2009

  • I hope ABAQUS allows for unsymmetric tangent moduli but don't know enough about that software.

    iMechanica - Comments 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.