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chiral
  خیرال   
xirâl

Fr.: chiral   

The quality of an object that is not superimposable on its mirror image.

From Gk. cheir "hand;" from PIE *ghes- "hand."

Xirâl, loan from Gk., as above.

chirality
  خیرالی   
xirâli

Fr.: chiralité   

The geometric property of a rigid object that is → chiral.

chiral; → -ity.