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語源

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

発音

• enPR: kī'rəl, IPA: /ˈkaɪɹəl/
• 韻: -aɪɹəl

形容詞

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:

     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.

派生語

アナグラム

• archil, Charli, CHIRLA, Chirla