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dextrorotatory

Definition of dextrorotatory

adjective

Chemistry
  • (of a compound) having the property of rotating the plane of a polarized light ray to the right, i.e. clockwise facing the oncoming radiation. The opposite of laevorotatory.

Derivatives

dextrorotation

noun

dextrorotatory in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of dextrorotatory in the US English dictionary