"dextrorotatory" meaning in English

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      "word": "levorotatory"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "dextro- + rotatory",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "Photochemistry",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Dexibuprofen is the active dextrorotatory enantiomer of ibuprofen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-."
      ],
      "id": "en-dextrorotatory-en-adj-dupr92SV",
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "optically active",
          "optically active"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound"
        ],
        [
          "crystal",
          "crystal"
        ],
        [
          "rotate",
          "rotate"
        ],
        [
          "plane",
          "plane"
        ],
        [
          "polarized light",
          "polarized light"
        ],
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "clockwise",
          "clockwise"
        ],
        [
          "d-",
          "d-#Prefix"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) (chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "dextrorotation"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dextrogyre"
        },
        {
          "word": "dextrogyrate"
        },
        {
          "word": "dextro"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "symbol"
          ],
          "word": "d-"
        },
        {
          "word": "dex-"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "prefix"
          ],
          "word": "dextro-"
        }
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
          "word": "dekstrorotatorinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
          "word": "dextrogyre"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dexióstrofos",
          "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δεξιόστροφος"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
          "word": "destrogiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
          "word": "dextrógiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pravovraščajuščij",
          "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
          "word": "правовращающий"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "optical rotation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dextrorotatory"
}

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    {
      "word": "levorotatory"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "dextro- + rotatory",
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      "expansion": "dextrorotatory (not comparable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dextrorotation"
    }
  ],
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        "en:Photochemistry"
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        {
          "text": "Dexibuprofen is the active dextrorotatory enantiomer of ibuprofen.",
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        }
      ],
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        "(chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-."
      ],
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        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
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          "optically active",
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        [
          "crystal",
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        ],
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        ],
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          "plane",
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        ],
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          "polarized light",
          "polarized light"
        ],
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          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "clockwise",
          "clockwise"
        ],
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          "d-",
          "d-#Prefix"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chemistry) (chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "optical rotation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dextrogyre"
    },
    {
      "word": "dextrogyrate"
    },
    {
      "word": "dextro"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "symbol"
      ],
      "word": "d-"
    },
    {
      "word": "dex-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "prefix"
      ],
      "word": "dextro-"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
      "word": "dekstrorotatorinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
      "word": "dextrogyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dexióstrofos",
      "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δεξιόστροφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
      "word": "destrogiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
      "word": "dextrógiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pravovraščajuščij",
      "sense": "that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right",
      "word": "правовращающий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dextrorotatory"
}