Dictionary

asymmetric en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪ.səˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌæɪ.səˈmet.ɹək/ (New-Zealand)
• (California) audio
• /ˌæɪ.səˈmet.ɹɪk/ (Australia)

Etymology

From a- + symmetric, as Ancient Greek ἀσυμμετρία (asummetría, “disproportion, deformity”).

Meanings

1. Not symmetric.
   • asymmetric gameplay
   • an asymmetric shape
2. Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
3. Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.

Forms

Antonyms

symmetrical (antonym(s) of)

Deriveds

asymmetricity · asymmetric synthesis · asymmetric centre · antiasymmetric · enantioasymmetric · asymmetric bars · asymmetrically · asymmetric meter · asymmetric warfare · asymmetric crying facies · asymmetric digital subscriber line · asymmetric cryptography

Relateds

non-symmetric · dissymmetric · antisymmetric

Synonyms

nonsymmetric · asymmetrical (shape: not symmetric) · unsymmetrical

Translations (26)

sq asimetrik (not symmetric) · pt assimétrico (not symmetric) · hu aszimmetrikus (not symmetric) · fr asymétrique (not symmetric) · cs asymetrický (not symmetric) · is ósamloka (not symmetric) · nl asymmetrisch (not symmetric) · fi epäsymmetrinen (not symmetric) · ro asimetric (not symmetric) · is ósamhverfur (not symmetric) · eo nesimetria (not symmetric) · gl asimétrico (not symmetric) · nb asymmetrisk (not symmetric) · it asimetrico (not symmetric) · ca asimètric (not symmetric) · tr asimetrik (not symmetric) · de asymmetrisch (not symmetric) · nn asymmetrisk (not symmetric) · es asimétrico (not symmetric) · sv osymmetrisk (not symmetric) · da asymmetrisk (not symmetric) · pl asymetryczny (not symmetric) · pl niesymetryczny (not symmetric) · ja 非対称的 (not symmetric) · oc asimetric (not symmetric) · sv asymmetrisk (not symmetric)