DISSYMMETRY
Dictionary entry overview: What does dissymmetry mean?
• DISSYMMETRY (noun)
The noun DISSYMMETRY has 1 sense:
1. (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
Familiarity information: DISSYMMETRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISSYMMETRY (noun)
Meaning:
(mathematics) a lack of symmetry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
asymmetry; dissymmetry; imbalance
Hypernyms ("dissymmetry" is a kind of...):
spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dissymmetry"):
geometrical irregularity; irregularity (an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern)
lopsidedness; skewness (an oblique or slanting asymmetry)
radial asymmetry (the absence of symmetry about an axis)
handedness; laterality (the property of using one hand more than the other)
footedness (the property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball))
eyedness (the property of favoring one eye over the other (as in taking aim))
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