antisymmetry

Meaning

1. The condition of being antisymmetric.
2. A theory of syntactic linearization, proposing that hierarchical structure in natural language maps universally onto a particular surface linearization, namely specifier-head-complement branching order.

Synonyms

asymmetry

skew-symmetry

inverse symmetry

Translations

Antimetrie

antissimetria

ضدّ التناظر

antisymétrie

ters simetri

Etymology

From anti- + symmetry.