optical activity
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optical activity
n. Chemistry
A property caused by asymmetric molecular structure that enables a substance to rotate the plane of incident polarized light.
optically active adj.
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optical activity
n
(Chemistry) the ability of substances that are optical isomers to rotate the plane of polarization of a transmitted beam of plane-polarized light
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op′tical activ′ity
n.
the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light.
[1875–80]
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activité optique