Asymmetry

Definitions

1. Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.
   countable, uncountable
2. The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Despite the generally symmetrical appearance of the two hemispheres, however, a number⟳ of biological asymmetries have⟳ been documented during the last⟳ hundred years.”

“If the planet is on moderate eccentric orbit (0.01), it creates large-scale azimuthal assymetries which evolve at the orbital velocity of the corresponding resonance, for example at half time the planet velocity for the stronger resonance, the 2:1 one.”

“In this sense⟳, the concern⟳ of political economy with assymetries of information among political actors is well-placed.”

“Transnational feminists argue⟳ that feminists need⟳ to understand⟳ the material conditions that shape⟳ women's lives in diverse locations, particularly in a world "structured by transnational economic links and cultural assymetries" (Grewal and Kaplan, 3).”

CEFR level