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chiralic

chiralic is the alternative form of chiral.

Meaning of chiral

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

Questions about chiralic

What is chiralic the alternative form of?
Chiralic is the alternative form of chiral.

Words near chiralic in the dictionary

  1. chiral centre
  2. chiral centres
  3. chiral resolution
  4. chiral resolutions
  5. chiralgia
  6. chiralic
  7. chiralisation
  8. chiralised
  9. chiralities
  10. chirality
  11. chiralization

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