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OPTICAL ISOMERS [1 record]

Record 1 1981-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
OBS

Term applied to 2 forms of a substance which differ in structure so that one is a mirror image of the other, e.g. dextro- and levo- tartaric acids.

Key term(s)
  • enantiomorph
  • optical isomer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
OBS

Se dit de deux choses identiques formées des mêmes parties mais disposées en sens inverse, et que l'on ne peut pas superposer. Par exemple, les acides tartriques dextrogyre et lévogyre.

Spanish

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