As a result he devoted himself to the study of what he called dissymmetry, pointing out that inorganic substances are not dissymmetrical in their crystallization, while all the products of vegetable and animal life are dissymmetric. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
Another illustration for arriving at a single molecule of high dissymmetry through chance action and normal thermic agitation. From Wordnik.com. [Butt out « BuzzMachine] Reference
Checking the organ donation box will thankfully certainly not shorten your life, but on average, since organ donors die as frequently as the rest of the population, this decision will save lives without any doubts because of the big dissymmetry between people who need donors and actual donors. From Wordnik.com. [Department of Organ Harvesting - Anil Dash] Reference
The sphere s should be small and of uniform thickness; any dissymmetry of course has the effect to diminish the sensitiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency] Reference
Symmetry of molecular arrangement implies symmetry on the part of the ether; atomic dissymmetry, on the other hand, involves the dissymmetry of the ether, and, as a consequence, double refraction. From Wordnik.com. [Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873] Reference
He followed them with a profound investigation into the symmetry and dissymmetry of atoms, and reached the conclusion that in these lay the basic difference between inorganic and organic matter, between the absence of life and life. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
"When certain effects reveal a certain dissymmetry, this dissymmetry should be apparent in the causes which have given them birth. From Wordnik.com. [Pierre Curie] Reference
I am led to believe that life, as it is revealed to us, must be a function of the dissymmetry of the universe, or of the consequences that it involves. ". From Wordnik.com. [Pierre Curie] Reference
It is dissymmetry that creates the phenomenon. From Wordnik.com. [Pierre Curie] Reference
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