Chiral
ahd-5
adjective.
Relating to or exhibiting chirality.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to the hand. See
chirality
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Of an
object
that exhibits
chirality
, as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a
helix
.
Word Usage
"The word chiral comes from the Greek word cheir, which means hand."
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