[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

asymmetry \asym"metry\, n. gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? symmetry.
   1. want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a
      thing, esp. lack of bilateral symmetry.
      1913 webster

   2. math. incommensurability. obs. --barrow.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

asymmetry
     n : mathematics a lack of symmetry syn: imbalance ant: symmetry
see also:
imbalance symmetry 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

64 moby thesaurus words for "asymmetry":
   ambiguity, ambivalence, anamorphism, anamorphosis, antinomy,
   buckle, contortion, contrariety, crookedness, detorsion, deviation,
   difference, disequilibrium, disparity, disproportion,
   disproportionateness, distortion, equivocality, gnarl, heresy,
   heterodoxy, heterogeneity, imbalance, inadequacy, incoherence,
   incommensurability, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency,
   inconsonance, inequality, inequity, injustice, insufficiency,
   irreconcilability, irregularity, knot, lopsidedness,
   nonconformability, nonconformity, nonuniformity, odds, overbalance,
   oxymoron, paradox, quirk, screw, self-contradiction, shortcoming,
   torsion, tortuosity, turn, twist, unbalance, unconformability,
   unconformity, unevenness, unfair discrimination, unorthodoxy,
   unsymmetry, warp, wrench, wrest, wring

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