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asymmetric

/ey-suh-me-trik, as-uh-/US // ˌeɪ səˈmɛ trɪk, ˌæs ə- //UK // (ˌæsɪˈmɛtrɪk, ˌeɪ-) //

不对称,不对称的,非对称性,不对称性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not identical on both sides of a central line; unsymmetrical; lacking symmetry: Most faces are asymmetric.
    • : holding true of members of a class in one order but not in the opposite order, as in the relation “being an ancestor of.”
    • : Chemistry. having an unsymmetrical arrangement of atoms in a molecule.noting a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups. noting an atom or group that is within a polymer chain and is bonded to two different atoms or groups that are external to the chain.

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Examples

  • That asymmetric swelling bent the previously flat noodle into a curve.

  • At home, Putin petulantly raged about unspecified red lines and vowed an “asymmetric” response if the West violated them.

  • In the meantime, the asymmetric nature of the rollout — with many older Americans and health-care workers receiving shots first, while tens of millions of others await their turns — is shifting relationships in families and in society more broadly.

  • This is an ultimatum seeking a target in the disorienting matrix of asymmetric warfare.

  • Like Wallace, Bruce was an underdog; unlike Wallace he won, proving himself a master of asymmetric warfare.

  • This is usually attributed to the presence of an irregular astigmatism situated near the asymmetric meridian.

  • I was trying to fit the shovel in and I remember saying that is too asymmetric.

  • Similarly, for a ketohexose, which contains three asymmetric carbon atoms, there are eight possible arrangements.

  • Hence, all the possible compounds indicated by the presence of the asymmetric carbon have been found and identified.

  • What in the name of all the Csars does an asymmetric atom of carbon mean?