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optic nerve |
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optical activity
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| optical condenser
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| optical crown glass
optical activity
CIDE DICTIONARY
optical activity, n.
the ability of a chemical compound to rotate the plane of plane-polarized light. This is found only in chemicals whose molecular structure does not have a plane of symmetry, and is common in biochemical compounds. [PJC]
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