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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


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]
WordNet (r) 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]