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Definition of achiral in English: achiraladjective eɪˈkʌɪr(ə)l Chemistry (chiefly of a molecule) symmetric in such a way that it can be superimposed on its mirror image; not chiral. Example sentencesExamples - There was one case of achiral cord and one case of hypocoiled cord in our study.
- Possible couplings might be fluorinated groups with hydrocarbons, hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties, siloxanes, and hydrocarbons, etc, and in the present case, chiral and achiral halves.
- A generalization to molecular crystals built up from dipolar but achiral molecules was recently presented.
- Chiral molecules are not superposable; achiral molecules are.
- But what we learn in chemistry is that chiral objects cannot be distinguished by an achiral probe.
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