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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

(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

the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light.

[1875–80]

Translations

activité optique

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