Found 2 hits - Term: levorotatory, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
levorotatory \le`voro"tatory\ -r=o"t.at-ory^, a.
levo- + rotatory. chem. physics
turning or rotating the plane of polarization of light
towards the left; -- applied to crystals and compounds
exhibiting optical activity, such as levulose, left-handed
quartz crystals, etc. opposite of dextrorotatory. written
also laevorotatory.
1913 webster +pjc
see also:
dextrorotatory laevorotatory
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
levorotatory
adj : rotating to the left syn: levorotary, left-handed
see also:
levorotary left-handed
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