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anisometric

[an-ahy-suh-me-trik, an-ahy-]

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adjective

not isometric; of unequal measurement.

Mineralogy. (of a crystal) having axes of different lengths (opposed to equant).

Origin of anisometric

First recorded in 1865–70; an-¹ + isometric

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Historical Examples of anisometric

We must distinguish between isometric and anisometric stanza forms.
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper

British Dictionary definitions for anisometric

anisometric

adjective

not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements

(of a crystal) having unequal axes

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