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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.