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These objects are all chiral - they cannot exactly superimpose their mirror image by translation or rotation.— PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
But while scientists and engineers know that at the sub-atomic level weak forces are chiral, how these electrostatic forces can generate a chiral world is still a mystery.— PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
The term chiral is used to describe an object or molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, with the two objects being referred to as enantiomers.— LabTechnologist RSS
I'm not sure I understand "chiral", though, how does "handed" convey the idea of "having a structure that makes it impossible to superimpose it on its mirror image"?— elzr
I'm not sure I understand "chiral" though, how does "handed" convey the idea of …— elzr
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