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enantiomorph
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enantiomorph [ə′nan·tē·ə‚mȯrf]
(chemistry)
One of an isomeric pair of either crystalline forms or chemical compounds whose molecules are nonsuperimposable mirror images. Also known as enantiomer; optical antipode; optical isomer.
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It's going back to the idea of my Enantiomorphic Chambers [1965], which is a similar kind of double thing.
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The fully shaped enantiomorphic characteristic of a biological object is decisive for subsequent development, and for all the major parameters of living organisms (see figure 13).
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