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Definition 2024
chirality
chirality
English
These two amino acids are mirror images of each other but they are not identical, like left and right hand; hence, they are chiral.
Noun
chirality (uncountable)
- The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are not identical.
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handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
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