Gauche
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Gauche can refer to:
- Gauche (Scheme implementation), an implementation of the Scheme programming language.
- In stereochemistryStereochemistryStereochemistry, a subdiscipline of chemistry, involves the study of the relative spatial arrangement of atoms within molecules. An important branch of stereochemistry is the study of chiral molecules....
, gaucheAlkane stereochemistryAlkane stereochemistry concerns the stereochemistry of alkanes.Alkane conformers are one of the subjects of alkane stereochemistry.-Conformations:...
refers a specific conformer. Gauche Effect hinders bondChemical bondA chemical bond is an attraction between atoms that allows the formation of chemical substances that contain two or more atoms. The bond is caused by the electromagnetic force attraction between opposite charges, either between electrons and nuclei, or as the result of a dipole attraction...
rotation. - A style of Western fencing using the Main-gauche.
- In ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, the Rive GaucheRive GaucheLa Rive Gauche is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two: looking downstream, the southern bank is to the left, and the northern bank is to the right....
is on the southern bank of the Seine. - Awkward or lacking in social graces (from French, gauche generally means "leftLeftLeft may refer to:* Left * Left , 2006* Left * Left-wing politics, the political trend or ideology...
" or "awkward", see :wiktionary:gauche)