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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Mirror symmetry, that is, invariance against "flipping sides", is perhaps the most widely noticed symmetry. Nature built many of her organisms in nearly symmetric ways, and most fundamental laws of physics, such as Newton's law of gravitation, have an exact mirror symmetry: there is no difference between left and right in the attraction of heavenly (and most earthbound) bodies. However, the nonconservation of parity in radioactive decay - that is, the violation of point symmetry in the "weak" interactions - has finally taught even the physicists to take the distinction between right and left seriously.  2, record 1, English, - mirror%20symmetry

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] symétrie signifiant que le corps est divisé en deux parties, chacune image de l'autre dans un miroir. C'est la notion courante de symétrie bilatérale.  2, record 1, French, - sym%C3%A9trie%20bilat%C3%A9rale

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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"symmetry": the property of exact balance in a geometric figure or in a relation.  2, record 2, English, - mirror%20symmetry

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

"spéculaire" : Relatif au miroir. [p. ex. :] Image spéculaire.  2, record 2, French, - sym%C3%A9trie%20sp%C3%A9culaire

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

"énantiomorphe" (Cristallographie) : Se dit de cristaux qui ne sont pas superposables, mais qui sont images l'un de l'autre dans un miroir.  3, record 2, French, - sym%C3%A9trie%20sp%C3%A9culaire

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS

"énantiomorphe" (Géométrie) : Qui est formé de deux parties, images l'une de l'autre dans une symétrie orthogonale plane.  3, record 2, French, - sym%C3%A9trie%20sp%C3%A9culaire

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish