Unsymmetrical /(?)/
Un·sym·met·ric·al
Unsymmetrical
a.
- Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion of parts.
- Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size and shape, or when the parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry. (Biol.)
- Being without symmetry of chemical structure or relation; as, an unsymmetrical carbon atom. (Chem.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Unsymmetrical carbon atom
- one which is united at once to four different atoms or radicals. This condition usually occasions physical isomerism, with the attendant action on polarized light.