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antisymmetric

[ an-tee-si-me-trik, an-tahy- ]
/ ˌæn ti sɪˈmɛ trɪk, ˌæn taɪ- /
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adjective Mathematics.
noting a relation in which one element's dependence on a second implies that the second element is not dependent on the first, as the relation “greater than.”
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Also an·ti·sym·met·ri·cal [an-tee-si-me-tri-kuhl, an-tahy-] /ˌæn ti sɪˈmɛ trɪ kəl, ˌæn taɪ-/ .

Origin of antisymmetric

First recorded in 1920–25; anti- + symmetric

Words nearby antisymmetric

antistreptococcic, antistrophe, antisubmarine, antisudorific, antisway bar, antisymmetric, antitank, antiterrorist, antitheft, antithenar, antithermic
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British Dictionary definitions for antisymmetric

antisymmetric
/ (ˌæntɪsɪˈmɛtrɪk) /
adjective
logic (of a relation) never holding between a pair of arguments x and y when it holds between y and x except when x = y, as "…is no younger than…"See nonsymmetric
maths symmetric except for a change of signCompare asymmetric, symmetric (def. 1)
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