English noun: conservation of parity | |||
1. | conservation of parity (cognition) (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 | ||
Synonyms | mirror symmetry, parity, space-reflection symmetry | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conservation | ||
Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||