enantiomorph
/ɪˈnantɪə(ʊ)mɔːf
/ /ɛˈnantɪə(ʊ)mɔːf/noun
Each of two crystalline or other geometrical forms which are mirror images of each other.Two asymmetrical trails that mirror each other could be called enantiomorphic after those two common enantiomorphs - the right and left hands....
- Exhibiting external bilateral symmetry about a vertical midline, the human body consists of two enantiomorphs - the right and left sides.
- As tantalizingly similar as they may appear, enantiomorphs cannot be reconciled.
Derivatives
enantiomorphic
- Reynolds finds that Smithson's attempts to reveal blind spots embedded in certain models of perception that prevailed during the 1960s were repeatedly figured in works that relied on enantiomorphic strategies.
- Smithson's enantiomorphic deconstructions of Stephens's Yucatan views produce, in the aggregate, a kind of spontaneous construction of their own.
- In 1965, the idea of the enantiomorphic pair migrated from the Man of Sorrow paintings to a two-part wall sculpture called Enantiomorphic Chambers.
enantiomorphism
/ /ɛnantɪə(ʊ)ˈmɔːfɪz(ə)m / noun ...- Smithson's seizing on the idea of enantiomorphism as his general model of reflection is, I think, the aspect of his work that most fully approximates poststructuralism.
enantiomorphous
Origin
Late 19th century: from Greek enantios 'opposite' + -morph.