(of a relation) never holding between a pair of arguments x and y when it holds between y and x except when x = y, as "…is no younger than…"
nonsymmetric
2. mathematics
symmetric except for a change of sign
Compare asymmetric, symmetric (sense 1)
antisymmetric in American English
(ˌæntisɪˈmetrɪk, ˌæntai-)
adjective
Math
noting a relation in which one element's dependence on a second implies that the second element is not dependent on the first, as the relation “greater than”
Also: antisymmetrical
Word origin
[1920–25; anti- + symmetric]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, follow-up, fundamentalism, self-service, zipperanti- is a prefix meaning “against,” “opposite of,” “antiparticle of,” used in the formationof compound words (anticline); used freely in combination with elements of any origin (antibody; antifreeze; antiknock; antilepton)
Examples of 'antisymmetric' in a sentence
antisymmetric
The symmetric and antisymmetric assumptions result in different interactions of radiation with matter and antimatter.
A.Y. Klimenko 2017, 'Kinetics of Interactions of Matter, Antimatter and Radiation Consistent with Antisymmetric(CPT-Invariant) Thermodynamics', Entropyhttp://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/5/202. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The orientation angles were chosen symmetric and antisymmetric.
Faruk ŞEN, Hakan PALANCIOĞLU 2006, 'A THERMAL STRESS ANALYSIS ON CROSS-PLY THERMOPLASTIC LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES WITHSQUARE HOLE', Pamukkale University Journal of Engineering Scienceshttp://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/pajes/article/view/5000089254. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hosed bunches emit antisymmetric radiation in the plane of hosing.
A. Pukhov, T. Tueckmantel 2012, 'Transverse coherent transition radiation for diagnosis of modulated proton bunches',Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beamshttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.111301. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These polynomials can by symmetric or antisymmetric as well.
Antanas Leonas Lipeika 2009, 'Formantinių požymių naudojimas kalbai atpažinti', Informacijos Mokslaihttp://www.journals.vu.lt/informacijos-mokslai/article/view/3236. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Given an arbitrary function, we may construct symmetric and antisymmetric functions under a certain operation.
Jaiseung Kim, Pavel Naselsky, Martin Hansen 2012, 'Symmetry and Antisymmetry of the CMB Anisotropy Pattern', Advances in Astronomyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/960509. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our generalization follows from the boundedness of the antisymmetric tensor product operator.
Scharf Günter, Constantinescu Florin 1998, 'Generalized Gram–Hadamard inequality', Journal of Inequalities and Applicationshttp://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2/765216. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Each solution has symmetric and antisymmetric configurations between the arms.
Omar B. Kirikchi, Alhaji A. Bachtiar, Hadi Susanto 2016, 'Bright Solitons in a PT-Symmetric Chain of Dimers', Advances in Mathematical Physicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9514230. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the paper, properties of antisymmetric orbit functions are reviewed and further developed.
Anatoliy Klimyk, Jiri Patera 2007, 'Antisymmetric Orbit Functions', Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applicationshttp://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/2007/023/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The symmetric and antisymmetric laminated plates were loaded by in-plane forces.
Ahmet YAPICI, Necmettin TARAKÇIOĞLU, Ahmet AKDEMİR, Ahmet AVCI 1999, 'ELASTO-PLASTIC STRESS ANALYSIS OF THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX COMPOSITE LAMINATED PLATESUNDER IN-PLANE LOADING', Pamukkale University Journal of Engineering Scienceshttp://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/pajes/article/view/5000089958. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the antisymmetric case the first higher order wave has the same limit value.
Roman V. Ardazishvili, Maria V. Wilde, Leonid Yu. Kossovich 2014, 'Three-dimensional surface wave in half-space and edge waves in plates with mixed boundaryconditions on the front edge', Vestnik Samarskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tehničeskogo Universiteta. Seriâ: Fiziko-MatematičeskieNaukihttp://mi.mathnet.ru/eng/vsgtu1360. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)