Asymmetry

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Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, symmetry (the property of an object being invariant to a transformation, such as reflection).^[1] Symmetry is an important property of both physical and abstract systems and it may be displayed in precise terms or in more aesthetic terms.^[2] The absence of or violation of symmetry that are either expected or desired can have important consequences for a system.