asymmetry

asymmetry
    n 1: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry [syn: {asymmetry},
         {dissymmetry}, {imbalance}] [ant: {balance},
         {correspondence}, {symmetricalness}, {symmetry}]
    

Asymmetry \A*sym"me*try\, n. [Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? symmetry.]
   1. Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a
      thing, esp. lack of bilateral symmetry.
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   2. (Math.) Incommensurability. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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64 Moby Thesaurus words for "asymmetry":
      ambiguity, ambivalence, anamorphism, anamorphosis, antinomy,
      buckle, contortion, contrariety, crookedness, detorsion, deviation,
      difference, disequilibrium, disparity, disproportion,
      disproportionateness, distortion, equivocality, gnarl, heresy,
      heterodoxy, heterogeneity, imbalance, inadequacy, incoherence,
      incommensurability, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency,
      inconsonance, inequality, inequity, injustice, insufficiency,
      irreconcilability, irregularity, knot, lopsidedness,
      nonconformability, nonconformity, nonuniformity, odds, overbalance,
      oxymoron, paradox, quirk, screw, self-contradiction, shortcoming,
      torsion, tortuosity, turn, twist, unbalance, unconformability,
      unconformity, unevenness, unfair discrimination, unorthodoxy,
      unsymmetry, warp, wrench, wrest, wring