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Unsymmetrical adj.

Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion of parts.

(Biol.) Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size and shape, or when the parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry.

(Chem.) Being without symmetry of chemical structure or relation; as, an unsymmetrical carbon atom.

Unsymmetrical carbon atom (Chem.), one which is united at once to four different atoms or radicals. This condition usually occasions physical isomerism, with the attendant action on polarized light.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unsymmetrical" Quotes from Famous Books

... continually deepened and lengthened as the burrow progresses, the angular segment of earth between them, scratched away, until by degrees it has been entirely conveyed off, and in its place is the one deep great unsymmetrical mouth I have already described. There are soils that will not admit of the animals working in this manner. Where there are large cakes of "tosca" near the surface, as in many localities on the southern pampas, the vizcacha makes its burrow as best he can, and without the regular trenches. ...

— The Naturalist in La Plata • W. H. Hudson

... the tendency is to go too far forward, and not far enough back, the result being an unsymmetrical motion. It is very easy to go forward, but more difficult to make the motion to the side and back. Care should be taken that the arms are kept squarely against the ears. The motion should be like waving the mast ...

— Keeping Fit All the Way • Walter Camp

... equal, so that the more exercise a part is subjected to the more nutrition it receives. This explains the unusual development of certain parts of the body which are called into excessive use in certain occupations. But this unsymmetrical development is a thing to be avoided, as it is usually productive of certain deformities, such as stoop shoulders and certain peculiarities of gait, which are plainly noticeable in men employed ...

— The Royal Road to Health • Chas. A. Tyrrell

Words linked to "Unsymmetrical" : asymmetrical, unsymmetric, anisometric