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