a. [f. Gr. ἀ priv. + SYMMETRIC: see prec.] = next.
1878. Gurney, Crystallog., 56. Forms with asymmetric faces occur in crystals of Topaz.
1881. Nature, XXIV. 41/1. One asymmetric carbon atom, i.e. an atom directly united with four different radicles.
1881. Syd. Soc. Lex., s.v., In Botany an organ is said to be asymmetric, when it cannot be divided into two similar halves by a vertical plane.
