Definitions for asymmetry

asymmetry a·sym·me·try

Spelling: [ey-sim-i-tree]
IPA: /eɪˈsɪm ɪ tri/

Asymmetry is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 330 anagrams from letters in asymmetry (aemmrstyy).

Definitions for asymmetry

noun

  1. the quality or state of being asymmetric.

Origin of asymmetry

First recorded in 1645-55, asymmetry is from the Greek word asymmetría lack of proportion. See a-6, symmetry

Examples for asymmetry

Cases of asymmetry demanding braces, plaster jackets, and operations have been treated at the Post-Graduate Hospital.

This asymmetry affects particularly the premaxillae, the maxillae, and the nasals.

We have learnt to write "asymmetry," but not to avoid "unsymmetrical."

Indeterminate lines have been ruthlessly rectified and asymmetry has grown symmetrical.

“Always darker and to correct what they believe is asymmetry,” she says.

asymmetry, a-sim′e-tri, n. want of symmetry or proportion between parts.

That asymmetry explains a great deal of the difference between the parties.

It is the very kernel of the art of Paul Cézanne; rhythmic irregularity, syncopation, asymmetry.

In all these cases the torsion and asymmetry of the body are unaffected.

asymmetry is a common characteristic of the criminal physiognomy.

Word Value for asymmetry
Scrable

19

Words with friends

19

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