Chirality (mathematics)
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In geometry, a figure is chiral if it is not identical to its mirror image, or, more precisely, if it cannot be mapped to its mirror image by rotations and translations alone. An object that is not ch
Left and right-hand rules in three dimensions
Right-hand rule
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In mathematics and physics, the right-hand rule is a convention and a mnemonic utilized to define the orientation of axes in three-dimensional space and to determine the direction of the cross product
Chirality (mathematics)
…opposite' + μορφή (morphe) 'form'. Some chiral three-dimensional objects, such as the helix, can be assigned a right or left handedness, according to the right-hand rule. Many other familiar objects exhibit the same chiral symmetry of the human body, such as gloves and shoes. Right shoes differ from left shoes only by…
Illustration of the right-hand rule on the ninth series of the Swiss 200-francs banknote