chiral
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- chirality noun
Etymology
Origin of chiral
1894; chir- < Greek cheír hand + -al 1; coined by Lord Kelvin
Example Sentences
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Future systems could be used in chiral sensing, where devices are tuned to detect specific molecules at different wavelengths.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
In their 2023 work, the researchers created an iron photocatalyst that incorporated three chiral ligands per iron atom.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026
The mirror protease only works on mirror peptides, which means, by the law of mirror-image symmetry that applies to chiral molecules, that regular proteases would likewise be unable to cut down mirror-image peptides.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025
Your hands are chiral body parts, because when placed over one another, they line up perfectly yet are shaped reflectively.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025
"Our findings are significant for the thermoelectric imaging of spintronic components. We have already demonstrated this with chiral antiferromagnets," says Woltersdorf.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
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