Chirality

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.NounThe phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness.

Synonyms

heterochirality handedness pseudochirality perverse dichroism chimerality homoclinicity duality enantiomorphism identical isotropy rotational symmetry

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