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asymmetrous

asymmetrous adjective: asymmetrical.

Adjective

asymmetrous (comparative more asymmetrous, superlative most asymmetrous)

  1. (obsolete) Asymmetrical.
    • [T]he Quantities compared with reſpect to ſuch a Meaſure are by Geometricians wont to be called Symmetrous or Aſſymmetrous, i.e. Commenſurable or Incommenſurable, and ſcarce any Thing in the Mathematics is more wonderful or more uſeful than the Contemplation of thoſe Properties, though nothing more...1734, Isaac Barrow, “Lecture XV. Of the Acceptation of the Words Paronymous to Measure, viz. Mensurability, Mensuration, Commensurability and Incommensurability”, in John Kirkby, transl., The...

Forms of asymmetrous

comparativemore asymmetrous
superlativemost asymmetrous

Questions about asymmetrous

What does asymmetrous mean?
Asymmetrous means asymmetrical.
What part of speech is asymmetrous?
Asymmetrous is an adjective.

Words near asymmetrous in the dictionary

  1. asymmetriphobia
  2. asymmetrization
  3. asymmetrizations
  4. asymmetron
  5. asymmetrons
  6. asymmetrous
  7. asymmetry
  8. asymptomatic
  9. asymptomatical
  10. asymptomatically
  11. asymptomaticity

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