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asymmetry

a·sym·me·try [ ay símmətree ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. being asymmetric: the condition of being asymmetric in arrangement
some asymmetry in the design

2. logic mathematics unreciprocal relation between two things: a relation between two things in which the first has a relation to the second, but the second cannot have the same relation to the first. Asymmetry is illustrated in the statement "A is the father of B," since B cannot be the father of A.

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