LAEVOROTATORY


Meaning of LAEVOROTATORY in English

[ ˌli:vəʊ'rəʊtət(ə)ri ]

( US levorotatory )

■ adjective Chemistry (of a compound) having the property of rotating the plane of a polarized light ray to the left, i.e. anticlockwise facing the oncoming radiation. The opposite of dextrorotatory .

Derivatives

laevorotation noun

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