chiral

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11
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12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkaɪɹəl/

Definition of chiral

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable, physical)that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.
    “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.”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -al.

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