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Chiral


A form is chiral if it has a handedness different from that of its mirror image.


See also

Dissymmetric, Enantiomer, Handedness, Mirror Image, Reflexible

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Chiral." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Chiral.html

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