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| the existence of two chemically identical crystal forms as mirror images of each other. |
| en·an·ti·o·morph (ĭ-nān'tē-ə-môrf') n. Either of a pair of crystals, molecules, or compounds that are mirror images of each other but are not identical, and that rotate the plane of polarized light equally, but in opposite directions. Also called enantiomer, optical isomer. [Greek enantios, opposite; see ant- in Indo-European roots + -morph.] en·an'ti·o·mor'phic, en·an'ti·o·mor'phous adj., en·an'ti·o·mor'phism n. |
