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Asymmetry   /ˌeɪsˈɪmətri/   Listen
Asymmetry

noun
1.
(mathematics) a lack of symmetry.  Synonyms: dissymmetry, imbalance.



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"Asymmetry" Quotes from Famous Books



... diameter, with the placenta for its base; it was filled with iodoform and salicylic gauze. The operation lasted an hour, and the child, a boy weighing 5 1/2 pounds, after a brief period of respiratory difficulties, was perfectly vigorous. There was at first a slight facial asymmetry and a depression on the left upper jaw caused by the point of the left shoulder, against which it had been pressed in the cyst; these soon disappeared, and on the nineteenth day the boy weighed 12 pounds. The maternal wound was not dressed till May 13th, when it was washed with biniodid, ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... is interesting to note his change of view in later years. In an undated letter written to Mr. Spencer, probably in 1873, he says: "With respect to asymmetry in the flowers themselves, I remain contented, from all that I have seen, with adaptation to visits of insects. There is, however, another factor which it is likely enough may have come into play—viz., the protection of the anthers and pollen from the injurious effects of rain. I ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin



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