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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
enantiomer
    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]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Enantiomer \E*nan"ti*o*mer\, n. [Gr. 'enanti`os opposite +
   -mer.] (Chem.)
   either of a pair of optical isomers of a chemical substance
   whose molecules are mirror images of each other, i. e., are
   related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed
   glove; -- meaningful only for structures which have internal
   asymmetry.
   -- E*nan`ti*o*mer"ic, a.
   [PJC]
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