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chiroptic

chiroptic adjective: describing any of the optical techniques for investigating chiral substances.

Adjective

chiroptic (comparative more chiroptic, superlative most chiroptic)

  1. (physical) Describing any of the optical techniques for investigating chiral substances

Forms of chiroptic

comparativemore chiroptic
superlativemost chiroptic
alternative formchiroptical

Questions about chiroptic

What does chiroptic mean?
Chiroptic means describing any of the optical techniques for investigating chiral substances.
What part of speech is chiroptic?
Chiroptic is an adjective.

Words near chiroptic in the dictionary

  1. chiropterophilic
  2. chiropterophilous
  3. chiropterophily
  4. chiropterous
  5. chiropters
  6. chiroptic
  7. chiroptical
  8. chiroptophobia
  9. chirori
  10. chiros
  11. chirosophist

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