levorotation

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Noun

HYPHEN

le=vo=ro=ta=tion

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun levorotation has 1 sense

levorotation(n = noun.event) counterclockwise rotation - rotation to the left; Array

is a kind of gyration, revolution, rotation

Antonym: dextrorotation

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CIDE DICTIONARY

levorotation, n. [Levo- + rotation.].

Rotation in the direction of an outgoing right-handed screw; counter-clockwise rotation; -- applied chiefly to the turning of the plane of polarization of light. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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