DEXTROROTATORY


Meaning of DEXTROROTATORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈrō-tə-ˌtȯr-ē ]

adjective

Date: circa 1872

: turning clockwise or toward the right ; specifically : rotating the plane of polarization of light toward the right

dextrorotatory crystals

— compare levorotatory

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.