Asymmetric
adjective
Not identical on both sides of a central line.
An asymmetric face
Often appears as...
- asymmetric face
- asymmetric pattern
adjective
Having parts or aspects that are unlike each other.
An asymmetric warfare
Often appears as...
- asymmetric warfare
- asymmetric advantage
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Academic
adjective
Having different responses to something from different points of view.
Asymmetric opportunities in the market
Often appears as...
- asymmetric response
- asymmetric opportunities
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Having different effects based on direction or orientation.
Asymmetric encryption methods
Often appears as...
- asymmetric encryption
- asymmetric effects
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Not identical on both sides of a central line.
An asymmetric face
Often appears as...
- asymmetric face
- asymmetric pattern
adjective
Having parts or aspects that are unlike each other.
An asymmetric warfare
Often appears as...
- asymmetric warfare
- asymmetric advantage
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Having different responses to something from different points of view.
Asymmetric opportunities in the market
Often appears as...
- asymmetric response
- asymmetric opportunities
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
Having different effects based on direction or orientation.
Asymmetric encryption methods
Often appears as...
- asymmetric encryption
- asymmetric effects
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Visual Perception
Asymmetric items create a visual imbalance, often used in art and design for dynamic impact.
She wore an asymmetric dress to accentuate her unique style.
Pro Tip 2/2Intentional Irregularity
Asymmetric can describe purposeful irregularity to catch attention or surprise.
The asymmetric layout of the garden intrigued visitors.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Perception
Asymmetric items create a visual imbalance, often used in art and design for dynamic impact.
She wore an asymmetric dress to accentuate her unique style.
Pro Tip 2/2Intentional Irregularity
Asymmetric can describe purposeful irregularity to catch attention or surprise.
The asymmetric layout of the garden intrigued visitors.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Perception
Asymmetric items create a visual imbalance, often used in art and design for dynamic impact.
She wore an asymmetric dress to accentuate her unique style.
Pro Tip 2/2Intentional Irregularity
Asymmetric can describe purposeful irregularity to catch attention or surprise.
The asymmetric layout of the garden intrigued visitors.
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The science of symmetry...
Some corals, on the other hand, have no symmetry at all. They are completely asymmetric. But why do organisms exhibit these different symmetries? Does body symmetry tell us anything about an animal's lifestyle? Let's look at one particular bilaterally symmetric animals.
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Love, no matter what PIPE...
The day after our son was born, the pediatrician came into the hospital room and said she was concerned. He wasn't extending his legs appropriately. She said that might mean that he had brain damage. Insofar as he was extending them, he was doing so asymmetrically,
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The most mysterious star...
They said and object like Jupiter would make a drop like this in the star's light, but they were also saying it was giant. You see, transits normally only last for a few hours, and this one lasted for almost a week. They were also saying that it looks asymmetric,
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Finding Little Owls in...
And the shape of that face is really helpful for. Angling the sound ah it's just flown down again, Angling the sound and all into the direction of the owl's face. and going into those asymmetrically organized ears, So it can perfectly pinpoint where that prey
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Why are human bodies...
Some species of beans only climb up their trellises clockwise, others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside, it's a different story on the inside. Most of your vital organs are arranged asymmetrically.
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How your brain decides...
recognized the importance of symmetry for beauty when he designed the beauty micrometer. With this device, he could measure minor asymmetric flaws which he could then make up for with products he sold from his company,
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Spotting the World's...
Such a wise and dignified animal, Just like other nocturnal owls like the barn owl. They have ears on different levels on their head. They're slightly asymmetrical, which allows them to pinpoint exactly where sounds
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Technology that protects...
all of those artifacts live with you and only with you for example we use asymmetric cryptography to prove to the systems you want to verify your identity who you are so that those credentials
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The Supernova Experiment...
a computer what nature does when you blow something up so what does this tell us could the blast from an asymmetrical explosion in deep space reach the earth it's nice to
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Can you be awake and...
Brain activity is usually similar across both during sleep. But during asymmetrical sleep, one brain hemisphere can be in deep sleep while the other is in lighter sleep.
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The science of symmetry...
Some corals, on the other hand, have no symmetry at all. They are completely asymmetric. But why do organisms exhibit these different symmetries? Does body symmetry tell us anything about an animal's lifestyle? Let's look at one particular bilaterally symmetric animals.
Video examples
Love, no matter what PIPE...
The day after our son was born, the pediatrician came into the hospital room and said she was concerned. He wasn't extending his legs appropriately. She said that might mean that he had brain damage. Insofar as he was extending them, he was doing so asymmetrically,
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The most mysterious star...
They said and object like Jupiter would make a drop like this in the star's light, but they were also saying it was giant. You see, transits normally only last for a few hours, and this one lasted for almost a week. They were also saying that it looks asymmetric,
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Finding Little Owls in...
And the shape of that face is really helpful for. Angling the sound ah it's just flown down again, Angling the sound and all into the direction of the owl's face. and going into those asymmetrically organized ears, So it can perfectly pinpoint where that prey
Video examples
Why are human bodies...
Some species of beans only climb up their trellises clockwise, others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside, it's a different story on the inside. Most of your vital organs are arranged asymmetrically.
Video examples
How your brain decides...
recognized the importance of symmetry for beauty when he designed the beauty micrometer. With this device, he could measure minor asymmetric flaws which he could then make up for with products he sold from his company,
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
Such a wise and dignified animal, Just like other nocturnal owls like the barn owl. They have ears on different levels on their head. They're slightly asymmetrical, which allows them to pinpoint exactly where sounds
Video examples
Technology that protects...
all of those artifacts live with you and only with you for example we use asymmetric cryptography to prove to the systems you want to verify your identity who you are so that those credentials
Video examples
The Supernova Experiment...
a computer what nature does when you blow something up so what does this tell us could the blast from an asymmetrical explosion in deep space reach the earth it's nice to
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Can you be awake and...
Brain activity is usually similar across both during sleep. But during asymmetrical sleep, one brain hemisphere can be in deep sleep while the other is in lighter sleep.
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Pamela Meyer
American Author
Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it in couples as a predictor of divorce. When someone is angry at you, you've still got traction with them, but when they display contempt, you've been dismissed.
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Pepa
American Musician
Our trademark asymmetrical hairstyle came about by accident. My sister was trying to get her beautician's licence, and I was her guinea pig. She permed my hair and didn't wash out one of the sides properly, so the whole right side of my hair was eaten out. After she washed it, I was half bald.
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
Predation is part of the everyday life of capitalism, in sectors as mainstream as pharmaceuticals, software and oil - where people's money, their data, their time and their attention are routinely taken in fundamentally asymmetrical exchanges.
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Krystal Ball
American Activist
Maintaining an employer model of healthcare means handing bosses another weapon they can use against their workers. One more way they can drain union strike funds. One more way that the power dynamic is asymmetric.
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Peter L. Berger
Austrian Sociologist
Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
Nationwide injunctions not only allow district courts to wield unprecedented power, they also allow district courts to wield it asymmetrically.
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Emmanuel Macron
French Politician
Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.
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Seo In-guk
My face is asymmetric, so it looks very different depending on where the camera shoots. That's my biggest complex.
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Gilles Deleuze
Intensities are implicated multiplicities, 'implexes,' made up of relations between asymmetrical elements.
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Olivia Wilde
American Actress
I shaved the back of my head once and did the asymmetrical hair.
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Pamela Meyer
American Author
Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it in couples as a predictor of divorce. When someone is angry at you, you've still got traction with them, but when they display contempt, you've been dismissed.
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Pepa
American Musician
Our trademark asymmetrical hairstyle came about by accident. My sister was trying to get her beautician's licence, and I was her guinea pig. She permed my hair and didn't wash out one of the sides properly, so the whole right side of my hair was eaten out. After she washed it, I was half bald.
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
Predation is part of the everyday life of capitalism, in sectors as mainstream as pharmaceuticals, software and oil - where people's money, their data, their time and their attention are routinely taken in fundamentally asymmetrical exchanges.
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Krystal Ball
American Activist
Maintaining an employer model of healthcare means handing bosses another weapon they can use against their workers. One more way they can drain union strike funds. One more way that the power dynamic is asymmetric.
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Peter L. Berger
Austrian Sociologist
Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
Nationwide injunctions not only allow district courts to wield unprecedented power, they also allow district courts to wield it asymmetrically.
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Emmanuel Macron
French Politician
Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.
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Seo In-guk
My face is asymmetric, so it looks very different depending on where the camera shoots. That's my biggest complex.
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Gilles Deleuze
Intensities are implicated multiplicities, 'implexes,' made up of relations between asymmetrical elements.
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Olivia Wilde
American Actress
I shaved the back of my head once and did the asymmetrical hair.
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