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chiral

/ˈkaɪɹəl/

chiral adjective: that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.

Adjective

chiral (not comparable)

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

chiral meaning in Indonesian

chiral in Indonesian

that exhibits chirality
kiral

Examples of chiral in a sentence

  • 'Dude, I loved the game 'Death Stranding' but I feel like those 'chiral christals' were a bit of a MacGuffinite'".
  • However, OT-CEC column accompanying with a BGE containing β-CD could enantioseparate the ten chiral drugs very well.
  • The amino acids which were formed through prebiotic reactions were surely chiral.

All 10 example sentences with chiral

Synonyms of chiral

Origin of chiral

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

Words formed from chiral

Phrases with chiral

Words that rhyme with chiral

Questions about chiral

What does chiral mean?
Chiral means that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.
What is chiral in Indonesian?
Chiral in Indonesian is kiral. See Chiral meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is chiral?
Chiral is an adjective.
How do you pronounce chiral?
Chiral is pronounced /ˈkaɪɹəl/.

Words near chiral in the dictionary

  1. chiragons
  2. chiragra
  3. chiragric
  4. chiragrical
  5. chiraito
  6. chiral
  7. chiral center
  8. chiral centers
  9. chiral centre
  10. chiral centres
  11. chiral resolution

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