非ひ対たい称しょう

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Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

asymmetry; lack of symmetry

mathematics

Used in mathematics and general contexts to describe something that is not symmetrical. Often appears as 非対称な or 非対称の.

このデザインは非

ひ

対たい

称しょう

な

形かたち

が

特とく

徴ちょう

です

。

This design is characterized by its asymmetrical shape.

数すう学がくでは、非ひ対たい称しょうな関かん係けいを研けん究きゅうする分ぶん野やがある。

In mathematics, there is a field that studies asymmetric relations.

Kanji

非un-, mistake, negative
対vis-a-vis, opposite, even
称appellation, praise, admire

Related words

左さ右ゆう非ひ対たい称しょうN1
非対称 is the general term for any kind of asymmetry, while 左右非対称 specifically narrows it to a left-right mismatch.

Opposites

左さ右ゆう対たい称しょうN1
非対称 means asymmetrical, the direct opposite of 左右対称's balanced left-right symmetry.
対たい称しょうN1
対称 describes balanced, mirror-like correspondence, while 非対称 describes a lack of such correspondence, i.e. asymmetry.

Word family

左さ右ゆう非ひ対たい称しょうN1
bilateral asymmetry; left-right asymmetry
非ひ対たい称しょう戦せん争そう
asymmetric warfare
非ひ対たい称しょうデータフロー
asymmetric data flow

Built from

非ひ+対たい称しょう

Etymology

Compound of 非 (hi, 'non-') and 対称 (taishō, 'symmetry'). The word is a direct borrowing from the concept of asymmetry in Western mathematics and science.

非ひ対たい称しょうデジタル加か入にゅう者しゃ線せん

asymmetric digital subscriber line; ADSL

非ひ対たい称しょう型がたデジタルループ

asymmetric digital subscriber loop; ADSL