asymmetry

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.

   “Despite the generally symmetrical appearance of the two hemispheres, however, a number of biological asymmetries have been documented during the last hundred years.”

   “If the planet is on moderate eccentric orbit (0.01), it creates large-scale azimuthal assymetries which evolve at the orbital velocity of the corresponding resonance, for example at half time the planet velocity for the stronger resonance, the 2:1 one.”

   “In this sense, the concern of political economy with assymetries of information among political actors is well-placed.”

   “Transnational feminists argue that feminists need to understand the material conditions that shape women's lives in diverse locations, particularly in a world "structured by transnational economic links and cultural assymetries" (Grewal and Kaplan, 3).”

2. (countable, uncountable)The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.