English
WOTD – 3 September 2012, 18 September 2012, 3 September 2013, 18 September 2013, 3 September 2014, 18 September 2014
Etymology
From chiral + -ity = chir- + -ality.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kīrăl'ĭtē, IPA(key): /kaɪˈɹælɪti/
- Rhymes: -ælɪti
Noun
chirality (countable and uncountable, plural chiralities)
- The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness.
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Translations
handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics
- Armenian: քիրալություն (kʻiralutʻyun)
- Catalan: quiralitat f
- Czech: chiralita f
- Dutch: chiraliteit (nl) f
- Finnish: kiraalisuus (fi), kätisyys (fi)
- French: chiralité (fr) f
- German: Chiralität f
- Greek: χειρομορφία (el) f (cheiromorfía)
- Hungarian: kiralitás
- Icelandic: hendni f
- Indonesian: kekiralan, kiralitas
- Italian: chiralità (it) f
- Japanese: カイラリティー, キラリティー
- Kazakh: хиралдық (xiraldyq)
- Korean: 카이랄성 (kairalseong)
- Macedonian: хиралност f (hiralnost)
- Malay: kekiralan
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kiralitet m
- Nynorsk: kiralitet m
- Persian: دستسانی (dastsâni)
- Polish: chiralność f
- Portuguese: quiralidade
- Russian: хира́льность (ru) f (xirálʹnostʹ), кира́льность (ru) f (királʹnostʹ)
- Spanish: quiralidad (es) f
- Swedish: kiralitet c
- Tamil: சமச்சீரின்மை (camaccīriṉmai)
- Turkish: aynallık, kirallik
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