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Dissymmetry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Lack of symmetry.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. asymmetry

n. chirality

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Want of symmetry, specifically that characteristic of dissymmetric bodies. See dissymmetric.

n. Symmetry between two objects, with respect to a plane of symmetry, as between the right and left hands, or between right and left crystals of tartaric acid.

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n. (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

Word Usage

"As a result he devoted himself to the study of what he called dissymmetry, pointing out that inorganic substances are not dissymmetrical in their crystallization, while all the products of vegetable and animal life are dissymmetric."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

spatiality spatial property

Hyponym

footedness irregularity geometrical irregularity radial asymmetry laterality

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

asymmetry

Rhyme

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altimetry asymmetry symmetry

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