CoachA symmetry operation is a motion or reflection that leaves a molecule in a configuration indistinguishable from the original (each atom on a position occupied before by an atom of the same kind). A symmetry element is the geometric object — a point, a line, a plane — with respect to which the operation is performed.
Chemistry · Glossary
What is Symmetry operation, symmetry element?
Also known as: symmetry operation · symmetry element