Antitrope

/ˈæntiˌtroʊp/ noun

Definition

Something that is positioned or oriented in the opposite direction or manner to something else.

Etymology

From anti- (opposite) + -trope (from Greek tropos, a turn or direction). This is a technical term that emerged in biology and botany to name structures that oppose each other directionally.

Kelly Says

Antitropes demonstrate a fundamental principle of nature: opposites and mirror images appear everywhere, from DNA's double helix to the way your left and right hands mirror each other perfectly.

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