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Definition of Chiral
1. Adjective. Of an object that exhibits chirality, as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chiral
1. pertaining to an asymmetrical molecule [adj]
Medical Definition of Chiral
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiral
Literary usage of Chiral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baltimore Lectures on Molecular Dynamics and the Wave Theory of Light by William Thomson Kelvin (1904)
"It is not known whether, in this chiral ... occurs in nature without any chiral
... and because there does not seem reason to expect that chiral ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"... seems to me probably is, the chemical molecule, because if a crystal of tartaric
acid is dissolved and recrystallised it always remains dextro-chiral. ..."
3. The Molecular Tactics of a Crystal by William Thomson Kelvin (1894)
"... while all the contiguous molecules in one part, and all the contiguous molecules
in the other part, fit into one another perfectly. In chiral ..."
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