antisymmetry

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noun
Definitions
  • (mathematics) The condition of being antisymmetric.
  • (linguistics) 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.

Etymology

Prefix from English symmetry.

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English

symmetry

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