Definitions For Chirality

Noun

CHIRALITY (plural chiralities) The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness

Synonyms

handedness

Derived terms

axial chirality

Related terms

achiral achirality chiral

Translations

Armenian: քիրալություն, sc=Armn Catalan: quiralitat, f Czech: chiralita, f Dutch: chiraliteit, f Finnish: kiraalisuus, kätisyys French: chiralité, f German: Chiralität, f Hungarian: kiralitás Icelandic: hendni, f Italian: chiralità, f Japanese: カイラリティー, キラリティー Kazakh: хиралдық Korean: 카이랄성 Macedonian: хиралност, f Malay: kekiralan Norwegian: : Bokmål: kiralitet, m : Nynorsk: kiralitet, m Polish: chiralność, f Portuguese: quiralidade Russian: хира́льность, f, кира́льность, f Spanish: quiralidad, f Swedish: kiralitet, c Tamil: சமச்சீரின்மை, sc=Taml Turkish: aynallık, kirallik

Etymology

from chiral + ity.

See also

enantiomer