asymmetry
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- noun
- /ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtri/
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asimetría
- The artist emphasized the asymmetry in her sculpture to create a sense of imbalance.
- hemispheric asymmetry
- facial asymmetry
- positional asymmetry
You got to get in the mood to think of the temporal asymmetry in the same way.
- You got to get in the mood to think of the temporal asymmetry in the same way.
- It's a bad thing because of what he calls the asymmetry between pain and pleasure.
- And then you have to also understand that there there are large asymmetries of information.
- And so there should be some natural asymmetry in how we process emotion at baseline.
- And so inconsistencies, asymmetries, they kind of pop out.
- OK, so that rotation asymmetry explains the DA beta.
- Which, like I said, is an imbalance and an asymmetry that they're OK with.
- The ball has this asymmetry, frictions acting on the ball.
- So there's going to be there's going to be that asymmetry between the two.
- This is as a questioner, I'm I'm trying to achieve asymmetry of power and I'm winning.
- But to come back to the, the, the height, maybe the asymmetry of of the iliac Crest.
- It's hard to know where else the the the asymmetries will spread.
Examples
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So that sort of reflects this kind of asymmetry in these populations.
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To begin with, the number of partners is limited, and there are large asymmetries among them.
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It's a bad thing because of what he calls the asymmetry between pain and pleasure.
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There is no fundamental asymmetry between up and down.
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And then you do end up with this kind of asymmetry which comes up in the group chat, right?
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And I think that's where information asymmetry is an interesting concept.
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That is for almost every single person on the planet, there's an asymmetry that we all have.
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So there's going to be there's going to be that asymmetry between the two.
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Entertainment asymmetry is basically the imbalance of information between the player and the spectator.
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And Sunstein's contention is that the asymmetry in our response to these cases is irrational.
Synonyms
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4.2
When different parts are not equal in amount or power
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5.1
A lack of regular pattern or evenness
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A state in which something is not level or smooth
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A measure of how much a shape or group of numbers is not the same on both sides
A situation where two or more parts are not the same
An uneven shape or pattern that is not the same on both sides
Antonyms
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How Symmetrical
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Etymology
Asymmetry comes from the prefix a- meaning 'not' and the word symmetry meaning 'same on both sides' or 'balance'. So asymmetry means 'not balanced' — parts or sides are different in shape, size, or arrangement.