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asymmetric

adjective as in irregular

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Today, building such asymmetric molecules and controlling which version gets produced is extremely important.

Opher and her colleagues predicted how the interstellar magnetic field would press on the heliosphere, making it asymmetric particularly in its southern part, which the Voyagers verified.

Consequently, building these asymmetric molecules and controlling which version of a molecule gets produced is extremely important, especially for drug development.

Benjamin List and David MacMillan won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of asymmetric organocatalysis, an "ingenious tool" to build molecules, the Nobel Foundation announced Wednesday.

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These water-repellent, UPF-50 asymmetric cargos zip off at the knee and have plenty of pockets to store extra flies and small tools.

This is an ultimatum seeking a target in the disorienting matrix of asymmetric warfare.

Like Wallace, Bruce was an underdog; unlike Wallace he won, proving himself a master of asymmetric warfare.

This is usually attributed to the presence of an irregular astigmatism situated near the asymmetric meridian.

I was trying to fit the shovel in and I remember saying that is too asymmetric.

Similarly, for a ketohexose, which contains three asymmetric carbon atoms, there are eight possible arrangements.

Hence, all the possible compounds indicated by the presence of the asymmetric carbon have been found and identified.

What in the name of all the Csars does an asymmetric atom of carbon mean?

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to asymmetric, such as: asymmetrical, dissymetric, dissymetrical, unbalanced, unsymmetric, and unsymmetrical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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