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dextrorotatory

dex·tro·ro·ta·to·ry
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dek-stroh-roh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
    • /ˌdɛk stroʊˈroʊ təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/
    • /ˌdɛkstrəʊˈrəʊtətəri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dek-stroh-roh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
    • /ˌdɛk stroʊˈroʊ təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Definitions of dextrorotatory word

  • adjective dextrorotatory turning or circling to the right, in a clockwise direction 3
  • adjective dextrorotatory that turns the plane of polarized light to the right or clockwise 3
  • adjective dextrorotatory turning to the right, as the rotation to the right of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and the like. Symbol: d-. 1
  • noun dextrorotatory (of a compound) having the property of rotating the plane of a polarized light ray to the right, i.e., clockwise facing the oncoming radiation. 1
  • adjective dextrorotatory (chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. 0
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Origin of dextrorotatory

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80; dextro- + rotatory

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Parts of speech for Dextrorotatory

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
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dextrorotatory popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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  • dextrin

    any of a group of sticky substances that are intermediate products in the conversion of starch to maltose: used as thickening agents in foods and as gums

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  • galactose

    a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.

  • glucose

    a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.

  • inulin

    a polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from the roots of certain plants, especially elecampane, dahlia, and Jerusalem artichoke, that undergoes hydrolysis to the dextrorotatory form of fructose: used chiefly as an ingredient in diabetic bread, in processed foods to increase their fiber content, and as a reagent in diagnosing kidney function.
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