"optical activity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: optical activities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} optical activity (plural optical activities)
  1. (physics) a property caused by asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that enables a compound or crystal to rotate the plane of incident polarized light Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-optical_activity-en-noun-hhNs5rQ6 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (chemistry) A measure of the amount of optical rotation produced by a standard amount of a substance Categories (topical): Chemistry Related terms: optical rotation, optically active, polarimeter, stereoisomerism
    Sense id: en-optical_activity-en-noun-TF0RfxWt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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