optical activity
the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light.
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What importance the question of optical activity of the lactic acid may assume is not definitely known.
The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner FiskThe lyotrope series also influence the optical activity of gelatine sols and the double refraction of strained gels.
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner BennettThe water used must be either distilled water or clear water which has been found to have no optical activity.
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British Dictionary definitions for optical activity
the ability of substances that are optical isomers to rotate the plane of polarization of a transmitted beam of plane-polarized light
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