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Noun: space-reflection symmetry
  1. (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 space-reflection symmetry is violated in weak interactions was a major breakthrough in physics";
    - parity, conservation of parity, mirror symmetry

Derived forms: space-reflection symmetries

Type of: conservation