Category:Chirality
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This category contains results about Chirality.
Definitions specific to this category can be found in Definitions/Chirality.
Chirality is the property of an object of not being superimposable on its mirror image.
An object possessing such property is said chiral.
An object which can be superimposed on its mirror image is said achiral.
The concept usually applies to $2$-dimensional space or $3$-dimensional space but generalizes to higher dimensions.