dissymmetry
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All his life he kept this question of dissymmetry before his mind and hoped to get back to work at it.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
In the passing of electricity through gases there is manifested, on the contrary, an evident dissymmetry.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien
When chemical action becomes more profound--that is, becomes absolutely analytic or loosening of the original bonds imposed by nature--all dissymmetry disappears.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Pasteur found that the paratartrates were not only dissymmetrical, but that they possessed two forms of dissymmetry.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
None of these substances, however, has any effect on polarized light or shows any dissymmetry in the form of its crystals.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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