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What does asymmetry mean?

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Noun
  1. Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.
  2. The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.
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Generally, it was the more recently conducted reviews that had considered or tested for funnel plot asymmetry.
According to bug scientists behind the find, this is the greatest degree of wing asymmetry yet seen in any insect, bird, or other flying animal.
Finally, microeconomics that looks at the effects of information asymmetry points out how this relational imbalance can lead to market failure.
A second testicular metric that may correlate with reproductive potency and phenotypic condition is directional asymmetry.
Scientists will also dig into the puzzling asymmetry in the Sun's magnetism that was discovered by Ulysses during the first polar passes.
The immediate outgroup of craniates, the Cephalochordata, show strong asymmetry during development.

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