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That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- Dexibuprofen is the active dextrorotatory enantiomer of ibuprofen.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
rotating to the right
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dextrorotary, right-handed
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱs Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-terósder. Proto-Italic *deksteros Latin dexter English dextro- English rotatory English dextrorotatory From dextro- + rotatory.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
dextrorotatori
— that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right
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Finnish:
dekstrorotatorinen
— that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right
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French:
dextrogyre
— that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right
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German:
rechtsdrehend
— that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right
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Greek:
δεξιόστροφος
(dexióstrofos)
— that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right
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Italian:
destrogiro
— that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right
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Portuguese:
dextrógiro
— that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right
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Russian:
правовращающий
(pravovraščajuščij)
— that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right
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Spanish:
dextrógiro
— that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right