chiral

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kī'rəl, IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪɹəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹəl

Adjective

chiral (not comparable)

1. (geometry, physical chemistry) that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.

   Synonym: handed (informal)

   • 2016, S. Hamed Shams Mousavi, Sajanlal R. Panikkanvalappil, Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Ali A. Eftekhar, Ali Adibi, “Large Enhancement of Circular Dichroism Using an Embossed Chiral Metamaterial”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.

Derived terms

• achiral
• amphichiral
• chiral center
• chiral centre
• chiralized
• chirally
• chiralon
• chiral resolution
• cryptochiral
• equichiral
• heterochiral
• hexachiral
• homochiral
• interchiral
• intrachiral
• magnetochiral
• monochiral
• nonchiral
• prochiral
• pseudochiral
• semichiral
• superchiral
• unichiral

 

Translations

that exhibits chirality

• Catalan: quiral (ca)
• Czech: chirální
• Esperanto: ĥirala
• Finnish: kiraalinen (fi)
• French: chiral (fr)
• German: chiral (de)
• Greek: χειραλικός (el) (cheiralikós)
• Indonesian: kiral
• Italian: chirale (it)
• Portuguese: quiral
• Spanish: quiral (es)
• Turkish: aynal, kiral

Anagrams

• CHIRLA, Charli, archil

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ʁal/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

chiral (feminine chirale, masculine plural chiraux, feminine plural chirales)

1. chiral

Derived terms

• chiralité

German

Etymology

Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

chiral (strong nominative masculine singular chiraler, not comparable)

1. chiral

Declension

Positive forms of chiral (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist chiral	sie ist chiral	es ist chiral	sie sind chiral
strong declension (without article)	nominative	chiraler	chirale	chirales	chirale
	genitive	chiralen	chiraler	chiralen	chiraler
	dative	chiralem	chiraler	chiralem	chiralen
	accusative	chiralen	chirale	chirales	chirale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der chirale	die chirale	das chirale	die chiralen
	genitive	des chiralen	der chiralen	des chiralen	der chiralen
	dative	dem chiralen	der chiralen	dem chiralen	den chiralen
	accusative	den chiralen	die chirale	das chirale	die chiralen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein chiraler	eine chirale	ein chirales	(keine) chiralen
	genitive	eines chiralen	einer chiralen	eines chiralen	(keiner) chiralen
	dative	einem chiralen	einer chiralen	einem chiralen	(keinen) chiralen
	accusative	einen chiralen	eine chirale	ein chirales	(keine) chiralen