CHIRAL


Meaning of CHIRAL in English

— chirality /kuy ral"i tee/ , n.

/kuy"reuhl/ , adj. Chem.

(of a molecule) not superimposable on its mirror image.

[ 1894; chir- cheír hand + -AL 1 ; coined by Lord Kelvin ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .