Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Contrasted in form; specifically, similar in form, but not superposable; related, as an object to its image in a mirror, or a right-to a left-hand glove. The corresponding right- and left-handed hemimorphic forms of quartz are enantiomorphous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Crystallog.) Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
enantiomorphs orenantiomorphism ;enantiomorphic
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word enantiomorphous.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Telofy commented on the word enantiomorphous
placeholder for a metasyntactic variable like foobar
See also metasyntactic variable.
July 6, 2009