"specific rotation" meaning in All languages combined

See specific rotation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: specific rotations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} specific rotation (countable and uncountable, plural specific rotations)
  1. (chemistry, of a compound) [α]_D, the angle of rotation of the plane of polarization of a ray of monochromatic light that passes through 10cm of the substance in solution at a concentration of 1 gram per millilitre Wikipedia link: specific rotation Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Related terms: polarimeter
    Sense id: en-specific_rotation-en-noun-fin9d51M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for specific rotation meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "specific rotations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "specific rotation (countable and uncountable, plural specific rotations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chemistry",
          "orig": "en:Chemistry",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[α]_D, the angle of rotation of the plane of polarization of a ray of monochromatic light that passes through 10cm of the substance in solution at a concentration of 1 gram per millilitre"
      ],
      "id": "en-specific_rotation-en-noun-fin9d51M",
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "angle",
          "angle"
        ],
        [
          "rotation",
          "rotation"
        ],
        [
          "plane",
          "plane"
        ],
        [
          "polarization",
          "polarization"
        ],
        [
          "monochromatic",
          "monochromatic"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "solution",
          "solution"
        ],
        [
          "concentration",
          "concentration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry, of a compound) [α]_D, the angle of rotation of the plane of polarization of a ray of monochromatic light that passes through 10cm of the substance in solution at a concentration of 1 gram per millilitre"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a compound"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "polarimeter"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "specific rotation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "specific rotation"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "specific rotations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "specific rotation (countable and uncountable, plural specific rotations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "polarimeter"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[α]_D, the angle of rotation of the plane of polarization of a ray of monochromatic light that passes through 10cm of the substance in solution at a concentration of 1 gram per millilitre"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "angle",
          "angle"
        ],
        [
          "rotation",
          "rotation"
        ],
        [
          "plane",
          "plane"
        ],
        [
          "polarization",
          "polarization"
        ],
        [
          "monochromatic",
          "monochromatic"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "solution",
          "solution"
        ],
        [
          "concentration",
          "concentration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry, of a compound) [α]_D, the angle of rotation of the plane of polarization of a ray of monochromatic light that passes through 10cm of the substance in solution at a concentration of 1 gram per millilitre"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a compound"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "specific rotation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "specific rotation"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.