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Reflexible

An object is reflexible if it is superposable with its image in a plane mirror. Also called Amphichiral.

See also Amphichiral, Chiral, Enantiomer, Handedness, Mirror Image, Reflection


References

Ball, W. W. R. and Coxeter, H. S. M. ``Polyhedra.'' Ch. 5 in Mathematical Recreations and Essays, 13th ed. New York: Dover, p. 130, 1987.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25