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Webster 1913 Edition


Asymmetry

A-sym′me-try

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK];
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK] symmetry.]
1.
Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. lack of bilateral symmetry.
2.
(Math.)
Incommensurability.
[Obs.]
Barrow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Asymmetry

ASYM'METRY

,
Noun.
[Gr. priv. symmetry, of with, and to measure.]
The want of proportion between the parts of a thing. It is also used in mathematics for incommensurability, when between two quantities there is no common measure.