chiral

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chiral (not comparable)

that exhibits chirality (as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix)

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A half-twist clockwise gives an embedding of the Möbius strip different from that of a half-twist counterclockwise – that is, as an embedded object in Euclidean space the Möbius strip is a chiral object with right- or left-handedness. Source: Internet

An additional requirement is that the system not be racemic : a mixture of right- and left-handed molecules will cancel the chiral effect. Source: Internet

Chirality nomenclature Like many chiral molecules, the two stereoisomers of glyceraldehyde will gradually rotate the polarization direction of linearly polarized light as it passes through it, even in solution. Source: Internet

Compactification does not produce group actions on chiral fermions except in very specific cases: the dimension of the total space must be 2 mod 8 and the G-index of the Dirac operator of the compact space must be nonzero. Source: Internet

An interesting recent observation is of the formation of chiral mesophases from achiral LC molecules. Source: Internet

Chiral discotic phases, similar to the chiral nematic phase, are also known. Source: Internet

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