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English
Etymology
From anti- + metric.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: an‧ti‧me‧tric
Adjective
antimetric (not comparable)
- (electrical engineering) 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.
- In mechanics, relating to a pair of forces, a pair of oscillations or other motion acting in the opposite direction to symmetric.
- (sound engineering, especially music) Going off the rhythm, especially during a transition from one time signature to another.
- Opposed to metrication.
Derived terms
Translations
the converse of symmetric in electrical network theory