ASYMMETRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does asymmetric mean? 

• ASYMMETRIC (adjective)
  The adjective ASYMMETRIC has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ASYMMETRIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASYMMETRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

asymmetric; asymmetrical

Similar:

lopsided (having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other)

noninterchangeable (such that the terms of an expression cannot be interchanged without changing the meaning)

unsymmetric; unsymmetrical (lacking symmetry)

Also:

irregular (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice)

Derivation:

asymmetry ((mathematics) a lack of symmetry)

 Context examples 

When fructose forms a ring an additional ""anomeric"" asymmetric carbon is created which is denoted as ""alpha"" or ""beta"".

(Fructose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

This protein is involved in left-right asymmetric morphogenesis during organ development.

(CRYPTIC Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

When glucose forms a ring an additional ""anomeric"" asymmetric carbon is created which is denoted as ""alpha"" or ""beta"".

(Glucose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

The hypertrophy is generally asymmetric and may be associated with obstruction of the ventricular outflow tract.

(Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs include asymmetric paresthesia of the face, trunk and proximal extremities followed by lancinating pain, vibrioceptive and proprioceptive impairment, and muted reflexes.

(Paraneoplastic Subacute Sensory Neuronopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

This pushes electrons back and forth between the aluminum and the silicon in an asymmetric manner.

(Harvesting Electrical Power from Waste Heat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A titanium metal complex, coordinated with asymmetric beta-diketonate ligands, with antineoplastic activity.

(Budotitane, NCI Thesaurus)

On the other hand, perhaps comet 67P/C-G may have once been a much rounder object that became highly asymmetric thanks to ice evaporation.

(Rosetta Comet May Be a Contact Binary, NASA)

This asymmetric thermal emission gives Bennu a small but steady push, thus changing its orbit over time.

(NASA to Map the Surface of an Asteroid, NASA)

It showed an asymmetric elongated slope pattern that would indicate the presence of a comet-like tail.

(K2 Finds Dead Star Vaporizing a Mini 'Planet', NASA)