mirror symmetry

noun

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

Example Sentences

The superlattice has an electrically polar structure because mirror symmetry along the stacking direction is broken.

From Nature

Figure 1 | Breaking nuclear mirror symmetry. a, In a pair of mirror nuclei, the number of protons in one nucleus equals the number of neutrons in the other, and vice versa.

From Nature

Chirality means handedness: like left and right hands, objects of opposite chirality have mirror symmetry, but cannot be superimposed on each other.

From Nature

There are more sophisticated examples, such as mirror symmetry.

From Scientific American

Just two of the 17 wallpaper groups had the spirals he was looking for—those with mirror symmetry, so that they head off in opposite directions wherever they meet.

From Science Magazine