Definition of "chirality" [chirality]

• The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are not identical. (noun)

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• "BTW, for me, chirality is much the strongest evidence for common descent, especially when considered with all the basic biochemical structures and processes that are almost universal, with their rare and fascinating exceptions."
• "Many carbon-based molecules have a property called 'chirality'-they can exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other"
• "They'd like to launch an instrument into space that could detect the "chirality" - or handedness-of the light from molecules on other planets."