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chirality

English

Etymology

From chiral +? -ity.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: k?r?l'?t?, IPA(key): /ka???æl?ti/
  • Rhymes: -æl?ti

Noun

chirality (countable and uncountable, plural chiralities)

  1. The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness

Synonyms

  • handedness

Derived terms

  • axial chirality

Related terms

  • achiral
  • achirality
  • chiral

Translations

See also

  • enantiomer

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chiral

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ???? (kheír, hand) +? -al.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: k?'r?l, IPA(key): /?ka???l/
  • Rhymes: -a???l

Adjective

chiral (not comparable)

  1. that exhibits chirality (as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix)

Translations

Anagrams

  • CHIRLA, Charli, archil

French

Adjective

chiral (feminine singular chirale, masculine plural chiraux, feminine plural chirales)

  1. chiral

Derived terms

  • chiralité

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

chiral (not comparable)

  1. chiral

Declension

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  • what chiral atom
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