enantiomorph


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either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical

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When, after being shown an initiating stimulus, the subject is required to respond to a symmetrical pair of silhouettes, either its facsimile or its enantiomorph may be chosen.
(i) The measure of consistency of the two responses: That is, whether or not the same silhouette (either facsimile or its enantiomorph) was chosen on both presentations, and
Sex differences in spatial visualization of Kuwaiti school children
That participants will perceive the facsimile of a stimulus lamella as more similar to the lamella than they would the enantiomorph of this facsimile.
That the discrepancy between the perceived similarity of the facsimile and its enantiomorph will vary with the orientations of the lamella with respect to the fronto-parallel plane.
The role of left--right symmetry in the encodement of spatial orientations
The subtle same-yet-different aspect of enantiomorphs has been the subject of philosophical argument too.
Life & left-handedness
The enantiomorphs approached 1:1 ratios in random countings of newly open flowers (Table 1).
Floral biology and reproductive system of enantiostylous Senna corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae)
Moreover, in a book that is not averse to some arcane terminology ('protreptic' is a favourite adjective, Erofeev's characters are 'enantiomorphs' (p.
Contemporary Russian Satire: A Genre Study
Studies on the optical enantiomorphs of warfarin in man.
Oral anticoagulation: improving the risk-benefit ratio
(42, 43) It should be noted that such a division into L-, R-, and S- rhythms is not a simple formal geometric operation, but rather that such functional enantiomorphs really react differently to environmental factors, or medical preparations, with varied dynamics of physiological and biochemical reactions.
Unknown factors in chronobiology
Stereoselective interactions of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole with the separated enantiomorphs of racemic warfarin in man.
Drug interactions with antibacterial agents
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