Chirality

//kaɪˈɹælɪti//

"Chirality" in a Sentence (1 examples)

Chirality or chiral describes a nonsuperimposable mirror image, like left and right hands. Usually in chemistry the term is used to describe a pair of molecules that have the same formulas, but form a pair of structures.

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