"axial chirality" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} axial chirality (uncountable)
  1. (chemistry) A type of molecular asymmetry, or chirality, where a molecule lacks a chiral center (a carbon atom with four different groups) but instead possesses a chiral axis. Tags: uncountable
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