"asymmetrical" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtɹɪk(ə)l/ Forms: more asymmetrical [comparative], most asymmetrical [superlative]
Etymology: a- + symmetrical Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|symmetrical}} a- + symmetrical Head templates: {{en-adj}} asymmetrical (comparative more asymmetrical, superlative most asymmetrical)
  1. Not symmetrical. Translations (not symmetrical): asimetrik (Albanian), غَيْر مُتَمَاثِل (ḡayr mutamāṯil) [masculine] (Arabic), غَيْر مُتَمَاثِلَة (ḡayr mutamāṯila) [feminine] (Arabic), غَيْر مُتَكَافِئ (ḡayr mutakāfiʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), غَيْر مُتَكَافِئَة (ḡayr mutakāfiʔa) [feminine] (Arabic), asimétricu (Asturian), несиметричен (nesimetričen) (Bulgarian), asimètric (Catalan), 不對稱 (Chinese Mandarin), 不对称 (bùduìchèn) (Chinese Mandarin), asymetrický (Czech), asymmetrisk (Danish), asymmetrisch (Dutch), nesimetria (Esperanto), asymmetrinen (Finnish), epäsymmetrinen (Finnish), asymétrique (French), asimétrico (Galician), ასიმეტრიული (asimeṭriuli) (Georgian), asymmetrisch (German), ασύμμετρος (asýmmetros) (Greek), missamhverfur [masculine] (Icelandic), mishverfur [masculine] (Icelandic), asimetrico (Italian), 非対称的 (hi-taishō-teki) (alt: ひたいしょうてき) (Japanese), бейсимметриялық (beisimmetriälyq) (Kazakh), tipirori (Maori), hikuwaru (Maori), tipihori (Maori), asymmetrisk (Norwegian Bokmål), asymmetrisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), نامتقارن (nâ-moteqâren) (Persian), asymetryczny (Polish), niesymetryczny (Polish), assimétrico (Portuguese), asimetric (Romanian), nesimetric (Romanian), несимметри́чный (nesimmetríčnyj) (Russian), асимѐтричан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), asimètričan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), asimétrico (Spanish), asymmetrisk (Swedish), osymmetrisk (Swedish), diparianyuin (Tagalog), tabingi (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-asymmetrical-en-adj-~Zfrw-xE Disambiguation of 'not symmetrical': 85 15
  2. (of a question) Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites.
    Sense id: en-asymmetrical-en-adj-ZEx~pCM3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: asymmetric, lopsided, unsymmetrical Derived forms: asymmetrical meter, asymmetrical spinnaker, asymmetrical warfare

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "不對稱"
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      "sense": "not symmetrical",
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      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymmetrinen"
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      "word": "ასიმეტრიული"
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      "roman": "asýmmetros",
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      "roman": "nâ-moteqâren",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "نامتقارن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymetryczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "niesymetryczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "assimétrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asimetric"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "nesimetric"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesimmetríčnyj",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "несимметри́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "асимѐтричан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "asimètričan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asimétrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymmetrisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "osymmetrisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "diparianyuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "tabingi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "asymmetrical"
}

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