asymmetry
UK /eɪˈsɪmɪtɹi/ US /eɪˈsɪmɪtɹi/
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
An absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.
Despite the generally symmetrical appearance of the two hemispheres, however, a number of biological asymmetries have been documented during the last hundred years.
If the planet is on moderate eccentric orbit (0.01), it creates large-scale azimuthal assymetries which evolve at the orbital velocity of the corresponding resonance, for example at half time the planet velocity for the stronger resonance, the 2:1 one.
2
The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.
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