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enantiomorphous

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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 or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic

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