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optical rotation

noun

, Physical Chemistry.
  1. the angle at which the plane of polarized light is rotated when passed through an optically active substance.


optical rotation

noun

  1. the angle through which plane-polarized light is rotated in its passage through a substance exhibiting optical activity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of optical rotation1

First recorded in 1890–95

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