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dextrorotatary

dextrorotatary is the alternative form of dextrorotatory.

Meaning of dextrorotatory

Adjective

dextrorotatory (not comparable)

  1. That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-.
    • Dexibuprofen is the active dextrorotatory enantiomer of ibuprofen.

Questions about dextrorotatary

What is dextrorotatary the alternative form of?
Dextrorotatary is the alternative form of dextrorotatory.

Words near dextrorotatary in the dictionary

  1. dextrophobia
  2. dextroposition
  3. dextropositions
  4. dextropropoxyphene
  5. dextrorotary
  6. dextrorotatary
  7. dextrorotation
  8. dextrorotations
  9. dextrorotatory
  10. dextrorphan
  11. dextrorphanol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dextrorotatary (page history and authors); dextrorotatory (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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