antimetric
adjEtymology From anti- + metric.
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Business, Electrical, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The converse of symmetric in electrical network theory, especially filter theory. A network where the input and output image impedances are the dual, or inverse, of each other as opposed to symmetric networks where they are equal.
- A Butterworth filter with an odd number of elements is symmetric while one with an even number of elements is antimetric.
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In mechanics, relating to a pair of forces, a pair of oscillations or other motion acting in the opposite direction to symmetric.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Especially Going off the rhythm, especially during a transition from one time signature to another.
Sound engineering
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Opposed to metrication.
- Derived terms
- antimetrical
- Related terms
- symmetric, dissymmetric