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dextrorotatory
[ dek-stroh-roh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
adjective
- turning to the right, as the rotation to the right of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and the like. : d-
dextrorotatory
/ ĕ′sٰə-ō′ə-ô′ē /
- Relating to a substance that causes dextrorotation.
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٰ··ٲ·پDz [dek-stroh-roh-, tey, -sh, uh, n], noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of dextrorotatory1
Example Sentences
Sucrose is dextrorotatory, but since fructose has a greater specific rotatory action to the left than glucose has to the right, the mixture resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose is levorotatory.
Its name has reference to its powerful dextrorotatory action on polarized light.
It is levorotatory or dextrorotatory according to the temperature and concentration.
They are dextrorotatory, and the specific rotation is numerically greater than that of albumin; hence the proteids are, in general, dextrorotatory.
This latter property is remarkable, as most of them are compounds of the strongly dextrorotatory d-glucose.
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