parity
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flip in the sign of one spatial coordinate, in classical and quantum physics
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Encyclopedic overview
In physics, a parity transformation (also called parity inversion) is the flip in the sign of one spatial coordinate. In three dimensions, it can also refer to the simultaneous flip in the sign of all three spatial coordinates (a point reflection or point inversion):
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