chiral

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, hand) + -al.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kī'rəl, IPA(key): /ˈkaɪɹəl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪɹəl

Adjective

chiral (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.ʁal/
  • (file)

Adjective

chiral (feminine chirale, masculine plural chiraux, feminine plural chirales)

  1. chiral

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, hand) + -al.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

chiral (strong nominative masculine singular chiraler, not comparable)

  1. chiral

Declension

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.