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levorotatory

le·vo·ro·ta·to·ry
L l

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lee-vuh-roh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
    • /ˌli vəˈroʊ təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/
    • /lˈevɔːrˌəʊtətəri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lee-vuh-roh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
    • /ˌli vəˈroʊ təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Definitions of levorotatory word

  • adjective levorotatory turning to the left, as the rotation to the left of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and compounds. Symbol: l-. 1
  • noun levorotatory (of a compound) having the property of rotating the plane of a polarized light ray to the left, i.e., counterclockwise facing the oncoming radiation. 1
  • adjective levorotatory turning or circling to the left, in a counterclockwise direction 0
  • adjective levorotatory that turns the plane of polarized light counterclockwise 0
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Origin of levorotatory

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; levo- + rotatory

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Parts of speech for Levorotatory

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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levorotatory popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% 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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  • fructose

    Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.

  • 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.

  • l-glyceraldehyde

    the levorotatory optical isomer of glyceraldehyde.

  • levo

    levorotatory.
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