For the manga by
Satoshi Urushihara, see
Chirality (manga). Chirality, handedness, derived from the
Greek χειρ, kheir, "hand" is an asymmetry property important in several branches of science. An object or a system is called chiral if it differs from its
mirror image, and its mirror image cannot
superimpose on the original object. A chiral object and its mirror image are called enantiomorphs (Greek opposite forms) or, when referring to molecules,
enantiomers. A non-chiral object is called achiral (sometimes also amphichiral) and can be superimposed on its mirror image.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
describes a molecule in a chiral configuation (symmetrical with its mirror image).