chirality
Pronunciation: /kaɪˈɹælɪti/
The English word “chirality” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness.
Etymology
From chiral + -ity = chir- + -ality.
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