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Noun: mirror symmetry
  1. (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
    - parity, conservation of parity, space-reflection symmetry

Derived forms: mirror symmetries

Type of: conservation

Encyclopedia: Mirror symmetry