mirror-image relation

1. 1.

   the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another

   Synonymsenantiomorphism

   Broaderopposition

Questions about mirror-image relation

What does mirror-image relation mean?

mirror-image relation means "the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another".

What is another word for mirror-image relation?

Close synonyms include enantiomorphism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mirror-image relation a common word?

mirror-image relation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.