dextrorotation

dex·tro·ro·ta·tion  (dkstr-r-tshn)

n.

A turning to the right. Used especially of the plane of polarization of light.

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dextrorotation  (dkstr-r-tshn)

The clockwise rotation of the plane of polarization of light (as observed when looking straight into the incoming light) by certain substances, such as crystals, and by certain solutions. Dextrorotation is caused by a particular arrangement of the atoms in a molecule of the substance. Compare levorotation.

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dextrorotation

movement or rotation to the right, or clockwise. Also called dextrogyration.

See also: Right

Thesaurus

Noun

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dextrorotation - rotation to the right clockwise rotation gyration, revolution, rotation - a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" counterclockwise rotation, levorotation - rotation to the left