dextrorotatory

American  

[dek-stroh-roh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˌdɛk stroʊˈroʊ təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

Also dextrorotary

adjective

Optics.

1. turning to the right, as the rotation to the right of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and the like. d-

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dextrorotatory Scientific  

/ dĕk′strə-rō′tə-tôr′ē /

1. Relating to a substance that causes dextrorotation.

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Other Word Forms

• dextrorotation noun

Etymology

Origin of dextrorotatory

First recorded in 1875–80; dextro- + rotatory

Example Sentences

It is levorotatory or dextrorotatory according to the temperature and concentration.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg

It is strongly dextrorotatory, the anhydrous sugar having a specific rotatory power of +185°, and the crystalline form, C18H32O16, showing a specific rotation of +104.5°.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

Sucrose is dextrorotatory, but since fructose has a greater specific rotatory action to the left than glucose has to the right, the mixture resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose is levorotatory.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

This latter property is remarkable, as most of them are compounds of the strongly dextrorotatory d-glucose.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

They are dextrorotatory, and the specific rotation is numerically greater than that of albumin; hence the proteids are, in general, dextrorotatory.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg