"chiral" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2016, S. Hamed Shams Mousavi, Sajanlal R. Panikkanvalappil, Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Ali A. Eftekhar, Ali Adibi, “Large Enhancement of Circular Dichroism Using an Embossed Chiral Metamaterial”, in arXiv:",
          "text": "In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers."
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        [
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        ],
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "handed"
        }
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        "physical"
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        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      "enpr": "kī'rəl"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɪɹəl/"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "quiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "shǒuxìng",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "手性"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "chirální"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "ĥirala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "kiraalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "chiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "chiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "cheiralikós",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "χειραλικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "kiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "chirale"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "chiralny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "quiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "quiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "aynal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "that exhibits chirality",
      "word": "kiral"
    }
  ],
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}