chirality
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chirality (kaɪˈrælɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| Also called: dissymmetry the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound | |
| [C19: from Greek kheir hand + | |
| 'chiral | |
| —adj | |
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| chirality (kaɪˈrælɪtɪ) | |
| —n | |
| Also called: dissymmetry the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound | |
| [C19: from Greek kheir hand + | |
| 'chiral | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
chiral
1894, coined by Lord Kelvin from Gk. kheir "hand."
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Medical Dictionary
chiral chi·ral (kī'rəl)
adj.
Of or relating to the structural characteristic of a molecule that makes it impossible to superimpose it on its mirror image.
chi·ral'i·ty (kī-rāl'ĭ-tē) n.
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Science Dictionary
chirality  (kī-rāl'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
The characteristic of a structure (usually a molecule) that makes it impossible to superimpose it on its mirror image. Also called handedness. See also helicity, invariance, optical isomer. |
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