Levorotatory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to an optically active chemical that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counterclockwise: Only levorotatory amino acids are biologically active.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or anticlockwise.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Turning or rotating the plane of polarization of light towards the left; -- applied to crystals and compounds exhibiting optical activity, such as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc. Opposite of dextrorotatory.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as levogyrate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. rotating to the left
    • Equivalent
    contraclockwise    counterclockwise    anticlockwise   
    Antonym
    dextrorotatory   
    Variant
    laevorotatory   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    l-   
     
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