ALL meanings of optical activity
op·ti·cal ac·tiv·i·ty
O o - noun optical activity the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light. 1
- noun optical activity the ability of substances that are optical isomers to rotate the plane of polarization of a transmitted beam of plane-polarized light 0
- noun optical activity the ability of certain substances to rotate the plane of polarization when transmitting polarized light 0