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Record 1 2005-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Chemistry
DEF

Of or relating to an optically active chemical that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counterclockwise.

CONT

Molecules possessing the ability to rotate left or counter-clockwise are denoted as levorotatory ... and those that rotate light to the right or clockwise are referred to as dextrorotatory ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Chimie
DEF

Se dit des substances qui dévient à gauche le plan de polarisation (l'observateur faisant face à la lumière).

CONT

[...] pour une molécule lévogyre, le plan de polarisation de la lumière tourne vers la gauche, tandis que pour une molécule dextrogyre, celui-ci tourne vers la droite.

Spanish

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