unsymmetrical
/si-me-tri-kuhl/US // sɪˈmɛ trɪ kəl //UK // (sɪˈmɛtrɪkəl) //
不对称的,不对称,不对称性,非对称性
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adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- : Geometry. noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by an axis: Points and are symmetrical with respect to the x-axis.noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same axis.noting two points in a plane such that the line segment joining the points is bisected by a point or center: The points and are symmetrical with respect to.noting a set consisting of pairs of points having this relation with respect to the same center.
- : Usually symmetric .Mathematics. noting a square matrix that is equal to its transpose.noting a dyad or dyadic that is equal to its conjugate.noting a relation in which one element in relation to a second implies the second in relation to the first.
- : Botany. divisible into two similar parts by more than one plane passing through the center; actinomorphic. having the same number of parts in each whorl.
- : Chemistry. having a structure that exhibits a regular repeated pattern of the component parts.noting a benzene derivative in which three substitutions have occurred at alternate carbon atoms.
- : affecting corresponding parts simultaneously, as certain diseases.
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Examples
The suspension chains are constructed in the form of braced girders, so that they are stiff against unsymmetrical loading.
"I think he must have wound them himself," remarked Louise, shaking her head over the lumpy, unsymmetrical ball she held.
Under his coat was partially concealed some bulging object which gave him an appearance singularly unsymmetrical.
A portion of the screen has been broken off and the otherwise unsymmetrical form of the drawing is due to photographic distortion.
It is unsymmetrical, and a much larger number of its cells are found collected at one end than at the other.
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