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Definition of Mirror symmetry

1. Noun. (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirror Symmetry

Literary usage of Mirror symmetry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Theoretical and Practical Study of Minerals by Alexander Hamilton Phillips (1912)
"A plane mirror is the best example of a plane of symmetry, as on looking in the mirror every object in front is apparently repeated in the mirror. Symmetry ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"(2) Assume that the molecule rearranges moderately to give structure II, a rigid structure with mirror symmetry, when released from the crystal. ..."

3. First Workshop on Grand Unification: New England Center, University of New by Paul H. Frampton, Sheldon L. Glashow, Asim Yildiz (1980)
"... by “maximal” symmetries we shall mean symmetries which are maximal up to the discrete mirror symmetry. Though old, it is now useful to recall the ..."

4. De Stijl Continued: The Journal Structure (1958-1964) an Artists' Debate by Jonneke Jobse (2005)
"... mirror symmetry: 'It is this symmetry that produces the kind of movement in this work, and it is not the result of using ..."

5. Design and Analysis by Bernard Leupen, Christoph Grafe, Nicola Körnig, Marc Lampe, Peter De Zeeuw (1997)
"... temple regulates the mirror symmetry of the temple. The positions of the neatly ranked colonnades are determined by material axes, organizing lines that ..."

6. 3-D Deterministic Radiation Transport Computer Programs: Features by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (1997)
"Because of mirror symmetry, only one-eighths of the assembly was actually modelled by the mesh. All calculations were performed using an 56 product ..."

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