asymmetric

Meaning

Adjective

• Not symmetric.
• Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
• Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.

Related

Similar words

• asymmetrical
• nonsymmetric
• unsymmetrical

Opposite words

• symmetrical

Origin

• From a- + symmetric, as Ancient Greek ἀσυμμετρία ("disproportion, deformity").