Question six is asymmetrical: "Are things going in the right direction or on the wrong track?" (The West Wing, Season 1, Episode 21, Toby)
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asymmetrical — UK [ˌeɪsɪˈmetrɪk(ə)l] / US or asymmetric UK [ˌeɪsɪˈmetrɪk] / US adjective something that is asymmetrical does not have the same shape and size on both sides Derived words: asymmetrically UK [ˌeɪsɪˈmetrɪklɪ] / US adverb asymmetry UK [æˈsɪmətrɪ] /… … English dictionary
asymmetrical — [ˌeɪsɪˈmetrɪk(ə)l] or asymmetric [ˌeɪsɪˈmetrɪk] adj something that is asymmetrical does not have the same shape and size on both sides … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
asymmetrical — index dissimilar, irregular (not usual) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
asymmetrical — 1680s; see ASYMMETRY (Cf. asymmetry) + ICAL (Cf. ical). Other forms that have served as an adjective based on asymmetry are asymmetral (1620s), asymmetrous (1660s), and asymmetric (1875); only the last seems to have any currency. Related:… … Etymology dictionary
asymmetrical — [adj] uneven awry, crooked, disproportional, gibbous, lacking correspondence, not proportionate, not uniform, unbalanced, unequal, unsymmetrical; concepts 480,566,606 … New thesaurus
asymmetrical — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking symmetry. DERIVATIVES asymmetric adjective asymmetrically adverb … English terms dictionary
asymmetrical — I asymmetric, asymmetrical (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. uneven, irregular. See distortion, irregularity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [a si MET ri kul] uneven, unbalanced, or lacking correspondence between… … English dictionary for students
asymmetrical — [[t]e͟ɪsɪme̱trɪk(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is asymmetrical has two sides or halves that are different in shape, size, or style. ...asymmetrical shapes. Ant: symmetrical … English dictionary
Asymmetrical — Asymmetric As ym*met ric, Asymmetrical As ym*met ri*cal, a. [See {Asymmetrous}.] 1. Incommensurable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical. Huxley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
asymmetrical — adj. Asymmetrical is used with these nouns: ↑shape, ↑warfare … Collocations dictionary
