mirror symmetry

mirror symmetry

n (Mathematics) symmetry about a plane (mirror plane) that divides the object or system into two mutual mirror images

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mirror symmetry - (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 systemconservation of parity, space-reflection symmetry, paritynatural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"conservation - (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations