Noun: conservation of parity
- (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
"The discovery that conservation of parity is violated in weak interactions was a major breakthrough in physics";
- parity, space-reflection symmetry, mirror symmetry
Derived forms: conservations of parity
Type of: conservation
Encyclopedia: Conservation of parity