# chirality

> English word · Noun · IPA /kaɪˈɹælɪti/ · frequency rank #87,137

## Definitions
1. The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness.

## Etymology
From chiral + -ity = chir- + -ality.

## Source
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