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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Chiral
//ˈkaɪɹəl//
Synonyms for "chiral" (1 found)
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Catalan
1 entries- quiral adj (that exhibits chirality)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 手性 adj (that exhibits chirality)
Czech
1 entries- chirální adj (that exhibits chirality)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĥirala adj (that exhibits chirality)
Finnish
1 entries- kiraalinen adj (that exhibits chirality)
French
1 entries- chiral adj (that exhibits chirality)
German
1 entries- chiral adj (that exhibits chirality)
Greek
1 entries- χειραλικός adj (that exhibits chirality)
Indonesian
1 entries- kiral adj (that exhibits chirality)
Italian
1 entries- chirale adj (that exhibits chirality)
Polish
1 entries- chiralny adj (that exhibits chirality)
Portuguese
1 entries- quiral adj (that exhibits chirality)
Spanish
1 entries- quiral adj (that exhibits chirality)
Turkish
2 entries- aynal adj (that exhibits chirality)
- kiral adj (that exhibits chirality)
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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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