chirality
English
WOTD – 18 September 2012
These two amino acids are mirror images of each other but they are otherwise identical, like left and right hand; hence, they are chiral.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kīrăl'ĭtē, IPA(key): /kaɪˈɹælɪti/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ælɪti
Noun
chirality (countable and uncountable, plural chiralities)
- The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness
Synonyms
Derived terms
- axial chirality
Related terms
Translations
handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
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