asymmetrical

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ symmetrical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtɹɪk(ə)l/

Adjective

asymmetrical (comparative more asymmetrical, superlative most asymmetrical)

1. Not symmetrical.
2. (of a question) Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites.
   • 2000 May 10, Aaron Sorkin, “Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics”, in The West Wing, season 1, episode 21, spoken by Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff):

     Question six is asymmetrical: "Are things going in the right direction or on the wrong track?"

Synonyms

• asymmetric
• lopsided
• unsymmetrical

Derived terms

• asymmetrical meter
• asymmetricalness
• asymmetrical spinnaker
• asymmetrical warfare

 

Translations

not symmetrical

• Albanian: asimetrik (sq)
• Arabic: غَيْر مُتَمَاثِل m (ḡayr mutamāṯil), غَيْر مُتَمَاثِلَة f (ḡayr mutamāṯila), غَيْر مُتَكَافِئ m (ḡayr mutakāfiʔ), غَيْر مُتَكَافِئَة f (ḡayr mutakāfiʔa)
• Asturian: asimétricu
• Bulgarian: несиметричен (bg) (nesimetričen)
• Catalan: asimètric
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不對稱 / 不对称 (zh) (bùduìchèn)

• Czech: asymetrický
• Danish: asymmetrisk
• Dutch: asymmetrisch (nl)
• Esperanto: nesimetria
• Finnish: asymmetrinen (fi), epäsymmetrinen (fi)
• French: asymétrique (fr)
• Galician: asimétrico
• Georgian: ასიმეტრიული (asimeṭriuli)
• German: asymmetrisch (de)
• Greek: ασύμμετρος (el) (asýmmetros)
• Icelandic: missamhverfur m, mishverfur m
• Italian: asimetrico
• Japanese: 非対称的 (ひたいしょうてき, hi-taishō-teki)
• Kazakh: бейсимметриялық (beisimmetriälyq)
• Maori: tipirori, hikuwaru, tipihori
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: asymmetrisk (no)

  Nynorsk: asymmetrisk

• Persian: نامتقارن (fa) (nâ-moteqâren)
• Polish: asymetryczny (pl), niesymetryczny (pl)
• Portuguese: assimétrico (pt)
• Romanian: asimetric (ro), nesimetric
• Russian: несимметри́чный (ru) (nesimmetríčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: асимѐтричан

  Roman: asimètričan (sh)

• Spanish: asimétrico (es)
• Swedish: asymmetrisk (sv), osymmetrisk (sv)
• Tagalog: diparianyuin, tabingi