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