dextrorotation
/ˌdɛkstroʊroʊˈteɪʃən/
noun
- A turning or rotation to the right, especially the clockwise rotation of the plane of polarized light by a chemical substance.
- The dextrorotation of the compound helped identify it as a form of glucose.
- The chemist measured the dextrorotation of the sugar solution using a polarimeter.
- In organic chemistry, dextrorotation is indicated by a plus sign before the specific rotation value.
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