| ASYMMETRIC | • asymmetric adj. Not symmetric. • asymmetric adj. (Cryptography) Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver. • asymmetric adj. (Set theory) Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily… |
| ASYMPTOTES | • asymptotes n. Plural of asymptote. • ASYMPTOTE n. a line (usually straight) that continually approaches a curve but never meets it. |
| ASYMPTOTIC | • asymptotic adj. (Mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity. • asymptotic adj. (Mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity. • ASYMPTOTIC adj. of a line, approaching a curve but meeting it only at infinity, also ASYMPTOTICAL. |
| ASYNARTETE | • asynartete adj. Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted. • asynartete adj. Being or relating to a verse of two members, having different rhythms, as for example when the first… • asynartete n. A verse of this kind. |
| ASYNCHRONY | • asynchrony n. The state of being asynchronous, or out of synchronization. • ASYNCHRONY n. lack of synchronisation. |
| ASYNDETONS | • asyndetons n. Plural of asyndeton. • ASYNDETON n. the omission of conjunctions, as in 'I came, I saw, I conquered'. |
| ASYNERGIAS | • asynergias n. Plural of asynergia. • ASYNERGIA n. lack of coordination, esp. of muscles, also ASYNERGY. |
| ASYNERGIES | • asynergies n. Plural of asynergy. • ASYNERGY n. lack of muscle coordination. |
| ASYNTACTIC | • asyntactic adj. Not syntactic. • ASYNTACTIC adj. loosely put together, irregular, ungrammatical. |
| ASYSTOLISM | • asystolism n. The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole. • ASYSTOLISM n. the state or symptoms characteristic of asystole. |
| DASYMETERS | • dasymeters n. Plural of dasymeter. • DASYMETER n. a device for measuring the density of gases. |
| DASYPAEDAL | • DASYPAEDAL adj. of young birds, having down. |
| ECSTASYING | • ecstasying v. Present participle of ecstasy. • ECSTASY v. to send into a state of ecstasy. |
| FANTASYING | • fantasying v. Present participle of fantasy. • FANTASY v. to imagine, also PHANTASY. |
| HYGROCHASY | • hygrochasy n. Dehiscence that occurs upon wetting. • HYGROCHASY n. dehiscence on moistening. |
| PARONOMASY | • paronomasy n. Archaic form of paronomasia. • PARONOMASY n. (obsolete) paronomasia. |