† asymmetraladj.
Obsolete.
1. Incommensurable.
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1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 350 The Word of God..with which these times not squaring, they are called Incommensurate or Asymmetral.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Asymmetral, the same as Incommensurable, a Mathematical Term: Thus two Quantities are said to be Asymmetral, when there is no common Measure between them.
2. asymmetrical adj.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > asymmetrical or misproportioned
misproportioned1552
asymmetral1615
eccentric1647
incommensurate1650
asymmetrous1661
asymmetrical1690
lopsided1711
uncertain1742
unsymmetrical1755
one-sided1857
alop1865
asymmetric1878
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] > disproportionate
unproportioneda1500
unproportionate1535
misproportioned1552
disproportionate1555
disproportionated1572
unproportionable1576
improportionate1581
disproportionable1589
disproportioned1597
improportionable1601
disproportional1609
asymmetral1615
unproportional1628
overproportionated1647
improportioned1656
improportionala1662
over-proportioned1662
overproportionate1672
uncommensurate1676
incommensurate1684
incommensurable1820
1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith 84 Their degrees are of another size, and oft-times asymmetrall with the former.
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