asymmetric
Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
Other meanings
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 words
- asymmetric crying facies
- antiasymmetric
- asymmetricity
- enantioasymmetric
- asymmetric bars
- asymmetric centre
- asymmetric meter
- asymmetric warfare
- asymmetric cryptography
- asymmetric synthesis
- asymmetrically
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἀσυμμετρία" (disproportion, deformity).
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