asymmetrical
pronunciation
How to pronounce asymmetrical in British English:
UK [ˌeɪsɪ'metrɪkl]
How to pronounce asymmetrical in American English:
US [ˌeɪsɪ'metrɪkl]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
- irregular in shape or outline
Word Origin
- asymmetrical (adj.)
- 1680s; see asymmetry + -ical. Other forms that have served as an adjective based on asymmetry are asymmetral (1620s), asymmetrous (1660s), and asymmetric (1875); only the last seems to have any currency. Related: Asymmetrically.
Example
- 1. As with asymmetrical sweating , contact a neurologist .
- 2. Asymmetrical effects of image position and reading direction on news reading .
- 3. But what if china is able to adhere to its asymmetrical strategy ?
- 4. The other powers accept its asymmetrical position among them , and take care not to thwart it on any matter to which it attaches strategic importance .
- 5. Maxwell 's equations are " asymmetrical " : electricity has an electron monopole and a proton monopole , each with opposite charge , but magnetism does not .