Hypertext Webster Gateway: "asymmetrical"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Asymmetric \As`ym*met"ric\, Asymmetrical \As`ym*met"ri*cal\, a.
[See {Asymmetrous}.]
1. Incommensurable. [Obs.]

2. Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally
symmetrical. --Huxley.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

asymmetrical
adj 1: characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or
placement of parts or components [syn: {asymmetric}]
[ant: {symmetrical}]
2: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a
dress with an crooked hemline" [syn: {crooked}]


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