"chiral" meaning in English

See chiral in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkaɪɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chiral.wav
enPR: kī'rəl Rhymes: -aɪɹəl Etymology: From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|χείρ|-al|lang1=grc|t1=hand}} Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} chiral (not comparable)
  1. (geometry, physical chemistry) that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers. Wikipedia link: chirality Tags: not-comparable, physical Categories (topical): Geometry Synonyms: handed Translations (that exhibits chirality): quiral (Catalan), chirální (Czech), ĥirala (Esperanto), kiraalinen (Finnish), chiral (French), chiral (German), χειραλικός (cheiralikós) (Greek), kiral (Indonesian), chirale (Italian), quiral (Portuguese), quiral (Spanish), aynal (Turkish), kiral (Turkish)

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