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What does asymmetric mean?

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Adjective
  1. (geometry, general) Of a shape, not symmetric.
  2. (cryptography) Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
  3. (set theory) Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.
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Repeated and prolonged asymmetric filopodial retraction does not alter growth cone direction.
All war is asymmetric in the sense that states engaged in conflict seek to fight each other on terms least conducive to their opponent's success.
In this asymmetric cell division, the mother cell represents the soma and the daughter cell the germline.
Across the ridge, the asymmetric flow pattern in the asthenosphere will cause differential drag at the base of the lithosphere.
It has an asymmetric carbon atom and therefore has levo and dextro isomers but is supplied as a racemic mixture for anesthetic use.
Early embryonic development in many plants is characterized by asymmetric cell division of the zygote, which specifies apical and basal regions.

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