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unsymmetrical


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Unsymmetrical  \Un`sym*met"ric*al\,  a. 
  1.  Wanting  in  symmetry,  or  due  proportion  pf  parts 
 
  2.  (Biol.)  Not  symmetrical;  being  without  symmetry,  as  the 
  parts  of  a  flower  when  similar  parts  are  of  different  size 
  and  shape,  or  when  the  parts  of  successive  circles  differ 
  in  number.  See  {Symmetry}. 
 
  3.  (Chem.)  Being  without  symmetry  of  chemical  structure  or 
  relation;  as  an  unsymmetrical  carbon  atom. 
 
  {Unsymmetrical  carbon  atom}  (Chem.),  one  which  is  united  at 
  once  to  four  different  atoms  or  radicals.  This  condition 
  usually  occasions  physical  isomerism,  with  the  attendant 
  action  on  polarized  light. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  unsymmetrical 
  adj  1:  lacking  symmetry  [syn:  {unsymmetric}] 
  2:  having  unsymmetrical  parts  or  unequal  dimensions  or 
  measurements  [syn:  {anisometric}] 




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