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chirality

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • kīrăl'ĭtē
  • /kaɪˈɹælɪti/
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  • rhymes with -ælɪti

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From chiral + -ity = chir- + -ality.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: քիրալություն (kʻiralutʻyun) — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Catalan: quiralitat — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Czech: chiralita — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Dutch: chiraliteit — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Finnish: kiraalisuus — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Finnish: kätisyys — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • French: chiralité — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • German: Chiralität — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Greek: χειρομορφία (cheiromorfía) — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Hungarian: kiralitás — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Icelandic: hendni — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Indonesian: kekiralan — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Indonesian: kiralitas — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Italian: chiralità — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Japanese: カイラリティー — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Japanese: キラリティー — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Kazakh: хиралдық (xiraldyq) — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Korean: 카이랄성 (kairalseong) — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Macedonian: хиралност (hiralnost) — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Malay: kekiralan — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kiralitet — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kiralitet — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Persian: دستسانی (dastsâni) — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Polish: chiralność — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Portuguese: quiralidade — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Russian: хира́льность (xirálʹnostʹ) — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Russian: кира́льность (királʹnostʹ) — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Spanish: quiralidad — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Swedish: kiralitet — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Tamil: சமச்சீரின்மை (camaccīriṉmai) — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Turkish: aynallık — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
  • Turkish: kirallik — handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
Real reading context

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