OPTICALACTIVITY

optical activity

Noun

  1. a property caused by asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that enables a compound or crystal to rotate the plane of incident polarized light
  2. A measure of the amount of optical rotation produced by a standard amount of a substance


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