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ASYMMETRICALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does asymmetrically mean?
• ASYMMETRICALLY (adverb)
The adverb ASYMMETRICALLY has 1 sense:
1. in an asymmetrical manner
Familiarity information: ASYMMETRICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an asymmetrical manner
Synonyms:
asymmetrically; unsymmetrically
Context example:
they were asymmetrically arranged
Antonym:
symmetrically (in a symmetrical manner)
Context examples
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis affecting four or fewer joints, usually asymmetrically.
(Oligoarticular Still Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
The most abundant mitochondrial protein, Adenine Nucleotide Translocator (ANT), is a homodimer of 30-kD subunits embedded asymmetrically in the inner mitochondrial membrane that forms a gated pore through which ADP is moved from the matrix to the cytoplasm.
(Adenosine Nucleotide Transporter, NCI Thesaurus)
Expressed in heart, kidney, liver, skeletal muscle by human SLC25A4 Gene (Mitochondrial Carrier Family), 298-aa 33-kDa homodimeric Adenine Nucleotide Translocator-1 is an integral membrane protein embedded asymmetrically in the inner mitochondrial membrane that catalyzes transmembrane exchange of ADP and ATP and determines the rate of ADP/ATP flux between mitochondrion and cytosol.
(Adenine Nucleotide Translocator-1, NCI Thesaurus)
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