dissymmetricaladj.

/dɪssɪˈmɛtrɪkəl/

Etymology: < dis- prefix 2e + symmetrical adj.

a. The opposite of symmetrical.

b. Symmetrical, but in opposite directions, like the two hands. In Chemistry said spec. of crystals having two corresponding forms, but turned in different directions (like an object and its reflexion in a mirror); also of molecules in which the atoms are supposed to be thus arranged.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adjective] > having same form in both directions > symmetrical in opposite directions

dissymmetrical1867

dissymmetric1884

1867 G. Masson tr. Janet Materialism 75 Two substances are called dissymmetrical when they are absolutely similar in all respects, except that they are opposed to each other like the two hands in the human body.

1880 E. Cleminshaw tr. C. A. Wurtz Atomic Theory 303 The dissymmetrical compounds thus formed are..a mixture in equal proportions of dextro-rotatory and lævo-rotatory bodies.

1884 J. Tyndall in Life of Pasteur Introd. 17 Pasteur invoked the aid of helices and magnets, with a view to rendering crystals dissymmetrical at the moment of their formation.

Derivatives

dissyˈmmetrically adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adverb] > symmetrical in opposite directions

dissymmetrically1880

1880 E. Cleminshaw tr. C. A. Wurtz Atomic Theory 303 Dissymmetrically opposed compounds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	dissymmetrical
释义	dissymmetricaladj. /dɪssɪˈmɛtrɪkəl/ Etymology: < dis- prefix 2e + symmetrical adj. a. The opposite of symmetrical. b. Symmetrical, but in opposite directions, like the two hands. In Chemistry said spec. of crystals having two corresponding forms, but turned in different directions (like an object and its reflexion in a mirror); also of molecules in which the atoms are supposed to be thus arranged. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adjective] > having same form in both directions > symmetrical in opposite directions dissymmetrical1867 dissymmetric1884 1867 G. Masson tr. Janet Materialism 75 Two substances are called dissymmetrical when they are absolutely similar in all respects, except that they are opposed to each other like the two hands in the human body. 1880 E. Cleminshaw tr. C. A. Wurtz Atomic Theory 303 The dissymmetrical compounds thus formed are..a mixture in equal proportions of dextro-rotatory and lævo-rotatory bodies. 1884 J. Tyndall in Life of Pasteur Introd. 17 Pasteur invoked the aid of helices and magnets, with a view to rendering crystals dissymmetrical at the moment of their formation. Derivatives dissyˈmmetrically adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adverb] > symmetrical in opposite directions dissymmetrically1880 1880 E. Cleminshaw tr. C. A. Wurtz Atomic Theory 303 Dissymmetrically opposed compounds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1867
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