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levorotation
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
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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