right hand; no matter how the two hands are oriented, it is impossible for all the major features of both hands to coincide across all axes. This difference in symmetry becomes obvious if someone attempts to shake the right hand of a person using their left hand, or if a left-handed glove is placed on a right hand.

The word chirality is derived from the Greek ???? (kheir), "hand", a familiar chiral object. The term was first used by Lord Kelvin in 1893