Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dextrorotatory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dextrorotatory \Dex`tro*ro"ta*to*ry\, a. [Dextro- + rotatory.]
(Chem. & Opt.)
Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp.,
turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the
right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf.
{Levorotatory}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dextrorotatory
adj : rotating to the right [syn: {dextrorotary}, {right-handed}]
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