LEVOROTATORY

Meaning of LEVOROTATORY in English

adj.

Pronunciation: - ' r ō -t ə - ˌ to ̇ r- ē

Function: adjective

Date: 1864

: turning toward the left or counterclockwise specifically : rotating the plane of polarization of light to the left ― compare DEXTROROTATORY

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

LEVOROTATORY — adjective Date: 1864 turning toward the left or counterclockwise
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEVOROTATORY — adjective or le·vo·rotary “+ Etymology: lev- + rotatory or rotary : turning toward the left hand or counterclockwise ; especially …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEVOROTATORY — (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
LEVOROTATORY — ( a. ) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEVOROTATORY — /lee'veuh roh"teuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj. Optics, Chem., Biochem. turning to the left, as the rotation to the left of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEVOROTATORY — adj. turning toward the left (Optics, Chemistry)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEVOROTATORY — adjective Date: 1864 : turning toward the left or counterclockwise ; specifically : rotating the plane of polarization of light …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEVOROTATORY — adj turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, ·etc.
Webster English vocab
LEVOROTATORY — [le.vo.ro.ta.to.ry] or le.vo.ro.ta.ry adj (1873): turning toward the left or counterclockwise; esp: rotating the plane of polarization of light to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEVOROTATORY — Compare with dextrorotatory .Having the property of rotating plane-polarized light counterclockwise.
General Chemistry English Glossary
LEVOROTATORY — левовращающий (американизм) (физическое) вращающий плоскость поляризации влево; левовращающий
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEVOROTATORY — амер. = laevorotatory
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEVOROTATORY — левовращающий
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LEVOROTATORY — амер. = laevorotatory
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LEVOROTATORY — амер. = laevorotatory
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEVOROTATORY — левовращающий
Англо-Русский физический словарь
LEVOROTATORY — левовращающий (американизм) (физическое) вращающий плоскость поляризации влево; левовращающий
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RACEMIC — adjective Etymology: ~ acid, a compound with such a structure obtained from grape juice, ultimately from Latin racemus Date: 1892 …
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METHIONINE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from methyl + thion- + 2-ine Date: 1928 a crystalline sulfur-containing essential amino acid C …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEVONORGESTREL — noun Etymology: lev- + norgestrel, a progestin Date: 1977 the levorotatory form of a synthetic progestin C 21 H 28 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEV- — or levo- combining form Etymology: French lévo-, from Latin laevus left; akin to Greek laios left levorotatory , to the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
L- — prefix Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from lev- levorotatory , having a similar configuration at a selected carbon atom to the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WALDEN INVERSION — ˈwȯldən- noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: after Paul Walden died 1957 Latvian organic chemist : an inversion of configuration …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHELLANDRENE — -ˌdrēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin phellandrium + International Scientific Vocabulary -ene : either of two isomeric aromatic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
L- — in sense 1 |lē(ˌ)vō or |el, in sense 2 |el prefix Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from lev- 1. : levorotatory …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALACTOSE — gəˈlakˌtōs also -ōz noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from galact- + -ose : an aldose sugar HOCH 2 (CHOH) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRUCTOSE — -ˌtōs also -ōz noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fruct- (from Latin fructus fruit) + -ose : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAMPHOR — ˈkam(p)fə(r), -aam- noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin & New Latin camphora ) of Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
L- — Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from lev- 1. ˌlē-(ˌ)vō, ˌel, ˈel : levorotatory l- tartaric acid 2. ˌel, ˈel : having …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEV- — [lev-] or levo- comb form [F levo-, fr. L laevus left; akin to Gk laios left] 1: levorotatory "levulose" 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
L- — [l-] prefix [ISV, fr. lev-] 1: levorotatory "l-tartaric acid" 2: having a similar configuration at a selected carbon atom to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TARTARIC ACID — also called Dihydroxybutanedioic Acid, a dicarboxylic acid, one of the most widely distributed of plant acids, with a number of …
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