noun
- Plural of chirality; the property of a molecule or object that is not superimposable on its mirror image.
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- The chiralities of amino acids are crucial to their biological function.
- Chemists study the different chiralities of drug molecules to understand their effects.
- The two chiralities of a compound may have very different properties in living organisms.
- Understanding chiralities is essential in pharmaceutical development.
- Optical isomers differ in their chiralities but have identical molecular formulas.