asymmetry

[Gr. ἀσυμμετρία (asummetria); from ἀσύμμετρος ( a sum metros ) = (1) incommensurable, (2) unsymmetric. Or from ἀ, priv., and συμμετρία ( summetria ) = symmetry; σύμμετρος ( sum metros ) = commensurate with: σύν (sun) = together, and μέτρον ( metron ) = a measure.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Want of symmetry; want of proportion. "The asymmetries of the brain, as well as the deformities of the legs or face, may be rectified in time." -Grew. † 2. Math .: The incommensurability of two or more numbers; that is, that the numbers stand to each other in such a relation that they have no common measure. Such, for example, is the relation between the side and diagonal of a square which are in the ratio of 1:2.