levorotatory

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

le=vo=ro=ta=to=ry

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective levorotatory has 1 sense

levorotatory(s = adj.all) left-handed, levorotary - rotating to the left; Array

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CIDE DICTIONARY

levorotatory, a. [Levo- + rotatory.].

Turning or rotating the plane of polarization of light towards the left; -- applied to crystals and compounds exhibiting optical activity, such as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc. Opposite of dextrorotatory. [1913 Webster]

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