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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asymmetry \A*sym"me*try\, n. [Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? symmetry.]
1. Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a
thing esp. want of bilateral symmetry.
2. (Math.) Incommensurability. [Obs.] --Barrow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
asymmetry
n : (mathematics) a lack of symmetry [syn: {imbalance}] [ant: {symmetry}]
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