Definitions for asymmetric

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asymmetric a·sym·met·ric

Spelling: [ey-suh-me-trik or ey-suh- Asymmetric is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 829 anagrams from letters in asymmetric (aceimmrsty).

Definitions for asymmetric

adjective

1. not identical on both sides of a central line; unsymmetrical; lacking symmetry:
2. (of a logical or mathematical relation) holding true of members of a class in one order but not in the opposite order, as in the relation “being an ancestor of.”.
3. Chemistry. having an unsymmetrical arrangement of atoms in a molecule. noting a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups. (of a polymer) noting an atom or group that is within a polymer chain and is bonded to two different atoms or groups that are external to the chain.

Origin of asymmetric

First recorded in 1870-75; a-⁶ + symmetric

Examples for asymmetric

I was trying to fit the shovel in and I remember saying that is too asymmetric.

What in the name of all the Csars does an asymmetric atom of carbon mean?

Similarly, for a ketohexose, which contains three asymmetric carbon atoms, there are eight possible arrangements.

Like Wallace, Bruce was an underdog; unlike Wallace he won, proving himself a master of asymmetric warfare.

This is an ultimatum seeking a target in the disorienting matrix of asymmetric warfare.

On the left, with the ophthalmoscope hypermetropia 4·5 D. with asymmetric meridian.

This is usually attributed to the presence of an irregular astigmatism situated near the asymmetric meridian.

Hence, all the possible compounds indicated by the presence of the asymmetric carbon have been found and identified.