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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

achiral en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /eɪˈkaɪɹəl/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English chiral English achiral From a- + chiral.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, physical) Superimposable on its mirror image; amphichiral.

Antonyms

chiral

Deriveds

achirality

Synonyms

nonchiral

Translations (4)

fi akiraalinen (superimposable on its mirror image; amphichiral) · pl achiralny (superimposable on its mirror image; amphichiral) · de achiral (superimposable on its mirror image; amphichiral) · fi ei-kiraalinen (superimposable on its mirror image; amphichiral)