Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

A新ym"me暗rous (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Asymmetrical. [Obs.] Barrow.

A新ym"me暗ry (?), n. [Gr. ?; α priv. + ? symmetry.]

1. Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry.

2. (Math.) Incommensurability. [Obs.] Barrow.

As"ymp暗ote (?; 215), n. [Gr. ? not falling together; α priv. + ? to fall together; ? with + ? to fall. Cf. Symptom.] (Math.) A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.

A新yn"ar暗ete` (?), a. [Gr. ? not united, disconnected; α priv. + ? with + ? to fasten to.] Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.

-- A新yn"ar暗et"ic (?), a.

-- Asynartete verse (Pros.), a verse of two members, having different rhythms; as when the first consists of iambuses and the second of trochees.

A新yn"chro搖ous (?), a. [Gr. ? not + synchronous.] Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to synchronous.

As`yn搞et"ic (?), a. [See Asyndeton.] Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected by conjunctions.

-- As`yn搞et"ic戢l損y, adv.

A新yn"de暗on (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? unconnected; α priv. + ? bound together, fr. ?; ? with + ? to bind.] (Rhet.) A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.

A新ys"to損e (?), n. [Pref. a- not + systole.] (Physiol.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.