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PRONUNCIATION OF ACHIRAL

achiral  [eɪˈkaɪrəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACHIRAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Achiral is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACHIRAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

achiral

Chirality

Chirality /kaɪˈrælɪtiː/ is a property of asymmetry important in several branches of science. The word chirality is derived from the Greek, χειρ, "hand", a familiar chiral object. An object or a system is chiral if it is not identical to its mirror image, that is, it cannot be superposed onto it. A chiral object and its mirror image are called enantiomorphs or, when referring to molecules, enantiomers. A non-chiral object is called achiral and can be superposed on its mirror image. The term was first used by Lord Kelvin in 1893 in the second Robert Boyle Lecture at the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club which was published in 1894. I call any geometrical figure, or group of points, 'chiral', and say that it has chirality if its image in a plane mirror, ideally realized, cannot be brought to coincide with itself. Human hands are perhaps the most universally recognized example of chirality: The left hand is a non-superimposable mirror image of the right hand; no matter how the two hands are oriented, it is impossible for all the major features of both hands to coincide.

Definition of achiral in the English dictionary

The definition of achiral in the dictionary is able to be superimposed on its mirror image. Other definition of achiral is relating to the plant achira or the tubers thereof, from which arrowroot is produced.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACHIRAL


antiretroviral
ˈæntɪˈrɛtrəʊˌvaɪrəl
antiviral
ˌæntɪˈvaɪrəl
arboviral
ˈɑːbəʊˌvaɪrəl
chiral
ˈkaɪrəl
Cyril
ˈsɪrəl
enteroviral
ˌɛntərəʊˈvaɪrəl
gyral
ˈdʒaɪrəl
hydrargyral
haɪˈdrɑːdʒɪrəl
papyral
pəˈpaɪrəl
squirrel
ˈskwɪrəl
subviral
sʌbˈvaɪrəl
viral
ˈvaɪrəl
Wirral
ˈwɪrəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACHIRAL

achiest
achievable
achieve
achievement
achievement age
achievement quotient
achievement test
achiever
Achill Island
achillea
Achillean
Achilles
Achilles heel
Achilles tendon
achimenes
achiness
aching
achingly
achiote

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACHIRAL

adenoviral
admiral
Archimedes spiral
barred spiral
decemviral
duumviral
fleet admiral
inflationary spiral
leptospiral
logarithmic spiral
nonviral
proviral
rear admiral
red admiral
retiral
retroviral
spiral
vice admiral
wage-price spiral
white admiral

Synonyms and antonyms of achiral in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «achiral» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACHIRAL

Find out the translation of achiral to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

非手性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

achiral
570 millions of speakers

English

achiral
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

achiral
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكيرالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ахиральный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

achiral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

achiral
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

achiral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Achiral
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

achiralen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アキラルの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

키랄성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

achiral
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

achiral
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अचिरल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşiraldir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

achirale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

achiralna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ахіральний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

achirală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αχειραλικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

achirale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

akiral
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

achiral
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACHIRAL»

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Synthetic Organic Photochemistry
The remaining space groups are achiral. Resolved chiral molecules must crystallize in chiral space groups, but a racemic compound may aggregate to form either an achiral racemic crystal or undergo a spontaneous resolution in which the ...
Axel G. Griesbeck, Jochen Mattay, 2004
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Organic Chemistry
Then in Section 6.713, we consider the reaction of achiral starting materials reacting in a chiral environment—in this case in the presence of a chiral catalyst. We shall see that an enantiomerically pure product may be produced from achiral  ...
William Brown, Brent Iverson, Eric Anslyn, 2013
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Dynamic Stereochemistry of Chiral Compounds: Principles and ...
(a) (b) + achiral achiral achiral + achiral achiral chiral Figure 2.10 Achiral (a) and chiral (b) catenanes devoid of classical elements of chirality. In addition to classical or Euclidian elements of chirality, introduction of directionality to mechanically ...
Christian Wolf, 2008
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Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2 The two-dimensional chiral nature of achiral hexadec- anoic acid physisorbed onto a graphite surface is shown in (a). The "B" molecules on graphite are the mirror image of the "A" molecules on the surface, reflected through the mirror plane ...
James A. Schwarz, Cristian I. Contescu, Karol Putyera, 2004
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Concepts and Terminology in Organic Stereochemistry
... D*,F*,M,N D*,F*,X,Y D*,F*,M*,N D,F,N* D,F,X* D,F,M D,F,X Quartet Composition 1 achiral substance 1 chiral substance 2 enantiomers 2 enantiomers 2 enantiomers 2 achiral diastereomers 2 achiral diastereomers 2 chiral diastereomers 2 ...
Moses K. Kaloustian, 2004
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When Topology Meets Chemistry: A Topological Look at ...
an embedding of the graph that is rigidly achiral. Finally, we will present an alternative approach to molecular chirality by using cell complexes to represent molecules rather than representing molecules with molecular graphs. Topological ...
Erica Flapan, 2000
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Organic Chemistry: A Short Course
Now, if the substance is achiral, then for every single molecule in one conformation that rotates the plane of polarization in one direction, there will be another molecule with the mirror-image conformation that will rotate the plane of polarization ...
Harold Hart, Christopher M. Hadad, Leslie Craine, 2011
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Organic Chemistry
Reactants Products Example o ♢ o Achiral Achiral Achiral Most reactions Racemic Electrophilic addition to alkenes (Chapter 9) Figure 4. 11 A summary preview of reaction stereochemistry. o Achiral + o Chiral Chiral The SN2 reaction  ...
Thomas N. Sorrell, 2006
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Fuzzy Logic in Chemistry
For a chiral fuzzy object A, the largest achiral fuzzy object that fits within A, as well as the smallest achiral fuzzy object that contains A, are of special importance. Following the method used for general symmetry deficiencies,Z7 one may ...
Dennis H. Rouvray, 1997
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Fundamentals of Asymmetric Catalysis
6.2.3 Conformational Chirality in Nonatropisomeric Systems 6.2.3.a Optimization of Asymmetric Catalysts with Achiral and Meso Ligands Optimization of asymmetric catalysts has traditionally been performed by the synthesis and screening of ...
Patrick J. Walsh, Marisa C. Kozlowski, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACHIRAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term achiral is used in the context of the following news items.
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Probing molecular chirality on a sub-femtosecond timescale
In achiral species, the HHG yield is a symmetric Gaussian function of ε (ref. 24), with its maximum at ε = 0. It decays quickly as ε increases: in an elliptical driving ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
2
Long range chirality transfer observed
... sensitive method to detect biomolecules by using a plasmonic nanoparticle to transfer their chirality onto an achiral dye has been developed ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Jun 15»
3
Crystalline sponge method strikes again
'One of the most fascinating aspects of this report is the ability of an achiral crystalline sponge to undergo a single crystal to single crystal ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, May 15»
4
Functional helical silica nanofibers with coaxial mixed …
... silica nanofibers (HMSNFs) or nanorods were then synthesized in single-phase dilute solutions using chiral or achiral surfactants. The helical ... «Nature.com, May 15»
5
How Cells Keep Right-Handed Amino Acids Out
... protein synthesis using more than 20 chemically diverse natural amino acids, these natural amino acids are all of L- or achiral configurations. «Discovery Institute, Apr 15»
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Exploring the helical nanofilament liquid crystal phase for organic …
... which is easily observed in films about 10μm thick, even though the molecules are achiral. The phase, composed of bent-core LC molecules ... «SPIE Newsroom, Apr 15»
7
Columns Support Greener Technology
Presenting columns and materials for achiral and chiral applications the Kromasil team also demonstrated how the new SFC technology's low ... «Labmate Online, Apr 15»
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Sailor Moon Crystal Act 19: Time Warp/Sailor Pluto review
Once in the future, they're attacked by Esmeraude's lackeys, Chiral and Achiral, but their asses are saved at the last minute by… another ... «Den of Geek!, Apr 15»
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Research team discovers new liquid crystal configurations
These liquid crystals are "achiral," meaning they don't have an intrinsic left- or right-handedness, but when placed in a cylinder they ... «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
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Caroline West, LCGC's 2015 Emerging Leader Award Winner …
West: We are busy developing high-performance achiral SFC methods for impurity profiling of pharmaceutical compounds. While chiral SFC ... «LCGC Chromatography Online, Mar 15»

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