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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical [syn: enantiomorph, enantiomer]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Greek enantios opposite (from enanti facing, from en in + anti against) + International Scientific Vocabulary -morph -morph Date: 1885 1. enantiomer 2. either of a pair of crystals (as of quartz) that are structural mirror images • enantiomorphic adjective • enantiomorphism noun • enantiomorphous adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a mirror image; a form (esp. of a crystal structure etc.) related to another as an object is to its mirror image. Derivatives: enantiomorphic adj. enantiomorphism n. enantiomorphous adj. Etymology: G f. Gk enantios opposite + morphe form