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chirality

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Meaning

  1. noun The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness.

Similar words

heterochirality handedness pseudochirality perverse dichroism chimerality homoclinicity duality enantiomorphism identical

Often followed by

of in is and at can to on center

Word family

chiral chiralities

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