Definition of antisymmetric in English:
antisymmetric
adjectiveˌantɪsɪˈmɛtrɪkˌantī-
Mathematics Physics Unaltered in magnitude but changed in sign by exchange of two variables or by a particular symmetry operation.
Example sentencesExamples
- This should moreover be (for reasons discussed earlier) an asymmetrical relation - or, more accurately, an antisymmetric relation.
- The antisymmetric tensor field carries a force that is difficult to describe in this short space.
- That is to say, the wavefunction is antisymmetric under exchange of two particles.
- For instance, the force between two quarks is attractive when both the colours and the spins of each quark are different, or (more precisely) antisymmetric.