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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Chirality
//kaɪˈɹælɪti//
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32 translations across 27 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- քիրալություն noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Catalan
1 entries- quiralitat noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Czech
1 entries- chiralita noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Dutch
1 entries- chiraliteit noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Finnish
2 entries- kiraalisuus noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
- kätisyys noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
French
1 entries- chiralité noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
German
1 entries- Chiralität noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Greek
1 entries- χειρομορφία noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Hungarian
1 entries- kiralitás noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Icelandic
1 entries- hendni noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Indonesian
2 entries- kekiralan noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
- kiralitas noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Italian
1 entries- chiralità noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Japanese
2 entries- カイラリティー noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
- キラリティー noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Kazakh
1 entries- хиралдық noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Korean
1 entries- 카이랄성 noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Macedonian
1 entries- хиралност noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Malay
1 entries- kekiralan noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kiralitet noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kiralitet noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Persian
1 entries- دستسانی noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Polish
1 entries- chiralność noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Portuguese
1 entries- quiralidade noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Russian
2 entries- кира́льность noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
- хира́льность noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Spanish
1 entries- quiralidad noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Swedish
1 entries- kiralitet noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Tamil
1 entries- சமச்சீரின்மை noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
Turkish
2 entries- aynallık noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
- kirallik noun (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics)
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