Definition of "dissymmetric" [dissymmetric]

• Asymmetric (adjective)

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• "As a result he devoted himself to the study of what he called dissymmetry, pointing out that inorganic substances are not dissymmetrical in their crystallization, while all the products of vegetable and animal life are dissymmetric."
• "Pasteur called it "dissymmetric force," which is only a new name for the mystery."