Relating to or exhibiting enantiomorphism; describing structures or objects that are non-superimposable mirror images.
From 'enantiomorph' + '-ic' (adjective suffix). This adjective describes the property of being a non-superimposable mirror image in any physical system.
Crystals can be enantiomorphic—two identical-looking crystals that are actually perfect mirror images of each other. Mineralogists use this concept to classify crystals and understand how atoms arrange themselves in space.
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