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dissymmetry|dɪsˈsɪmɪtrɪ|
[dis- 9.]
a. Lack or absence of symmetry.
b. Symmetry between two objects, disposed in opposite directions, such as the right and left hands or feet, or between crystals alike in all respects, save that their angles lie opposite ways.
1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 124 The larger vessels of the country, pleasant to look upon even for their strange dis-symmetry and their consequent unwieldiness. 1876tr. Schutzenberger's Ferment. 6 In a remarkable lecture on molecular dissymmetry M. Pasteur had established an important distinction between artificial organic products. 1881W. Spottiswoode in Nature XXIV. 546 There is a dissymmetry at the two ends of a battery. 1895Daily News 30 Sept. 7/2 Pasteur..propounded the theory that molecular dissymmetry, which is noticed when a beam of polarised light is caused by certain solutions to rotate, was characteristic of living matter and its products. |