Chiral

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to the structural characteristic of a molecule that makes it impossible to superimpose it on its mirror image.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of an object that exhibits chirality, as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the hand. See chirality.
  • Word Usage
    "The term chiral is used to describe an object or molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, with the two objects being referred to as enantiomers."
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