mirror symmetry

noun

A relationship between Calabi-Yau manifolds where two such manifolds look very different geometrically but are nevertheless equivalent when employed as extra dimensions of string theory.

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parityconservation of parityspace-reflection symmetry
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Meanings

nounmirror symmetry (uncountable)
  1. uncountabletheoretical physicsalgebraic geometryA relationship between Calabi-Yau manifolds where two such manifolds look very different geometrically but are nevertheless equivalent when employed as extra dimensions of string theory.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system

Similar
parityconservation of parityspace-reflection symmetry
Broader
conservation
Also see
parity

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