"asymmetrical" meaning in English

See asymmetrical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtɹɪk(ə)l/ Forms: more asymmetrical [comparative], most asymmetrical [superlative]
Etymology: From a- + symmetrical. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|a|symmetrical|id1=not}} 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 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- (not) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a- (not): 59 41 Disambiguation of 'not symmetrical': 90 10
  2. (of a question) Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: asymmetric, lopsided, unsymmetrical Derived forms: asymmetrical meter, asymmetricalness, asymmetrical spinnaker, asymmetrical warfare

Alternative forms

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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "asymmetrical meter"
    },
    {
      "word": "asymmetricalness"
    },
    {
      "word": "asymmetrical spinnaker"
    },
    {
      "word": "asymmetrical warfare"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "symmetrical",
        "id1": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "a- + symmetrical",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a- + symmetrical.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more asymmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most asymmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "asymmetrical (comparative more asymmetrical, superlative most asymmetrical)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Not symmetrical."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "symmetrical",
          "symmetrical"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000 May 10, Aaron Sorkin, “Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics”, in The West Wing, season 1, episode 21, spoken by Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff):",
          "text": "Question six is asymmetrical: \"Are things going in the right direction or on the wrong track?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "false dilemma",
          "false dilemma"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a question) Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a question"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtɹɪk(ə)l/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "asymmetric"
    },
    {
      "word": "lopsided"
    },
    {
      "word": "unsymmetrical"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asimetrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡayr mutamāṯil",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غَيْر مُتَمَاثِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡayr mutamāṯila",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "غَيْر مُتَمَاثِلَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡayr mutakāfiʔ",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غَيْر مُتَكَافِئ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡayr mutakāfiʔa",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "غَيْر مُتَكَافِئَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asimétricu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nesimetričen",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "несиметричен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asimètric"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "不對稱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùduìchèn",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "不对称"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymetrický"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymmetrisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymmetrisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "nesimetria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymmetrinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "epäsymmetrinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymétrique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asimétrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "asimeṭriuli",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "ასიმეტრიული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymmetrisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asýmmetros",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "ασύμμετρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "missamhverfur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mishverfur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asimetrico"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひたいしょうてき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hi-taishō-teki",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "非対称的"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "beisimmetriälyq",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "бейсимметриялық"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "tipirori"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "hikuwaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "tipihori"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymmetrisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not symmetrical",
      "word": "asymmetrisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "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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