chiral

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ -al.

• enPR: kī'rəl, IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪɹəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹəl

chiral (not comparable)

1. (geometry, physical chemistry) that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.

   Synonym: handed (informal)

   • 2016, S. Hamed Shams Mousavi, Sajanlal R. Panikkanvalappil, Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Ali A. Eftekhar, Ali Adibi, “Large Enhancement of Circular Dichroism Using an Embossed Chiral Metamaterial”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.

• CHIRLA, Charli, archil

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ki.ʁal/

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chiral (feminine chirale, masculine plural chiraux, feminine plural chirales)

1. chiral

• chiralité

Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ -al.

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• Rhymes: -aːl

chiral (strong nominative masculine singular chiraler, not comparable)

1. chiral