asymmetries
asymmetries is the plural of asymmetry.
Meaning of asymmetry
Noun
asymmetry (countable and uncountable, plural asymmetries)
- An absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.
- Despite the generally symmetrical appearance of the two hemispheres, however, a number of biological asymmetries have been documented during the last hundred years.1993, Joseph B. Hellige, Hemispheric Asymmetry: What's Right and What's Left, →ISBN, page 114
- The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.
Questions about asymmetries
- What is asymmetries the plural of?
- Asymmetries is the plural of asymmetry.
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