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dextrorotatory

dextrorotatory adjective: that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-.

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.

dextrorotatory meaning in Tamil

dextrorotatory in Tamil

வலம்புரி, வலமாகச்சுழலுகின்ற

Synonyms of dextrorotatory

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All synonyms and antonyms of dextrorotatory

Origin of dextrorotatory

From dextro- + rotatory.

Questions about dextrorotatory

What does dextrorotatory mean?
Dextrorotatory means that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-.
What is dextrorotatory in Tamil?
Dextrorotatory in Tamil is வலம்புரி, வலமாகச்சுழலுகின்ற. See Dextrorotatory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dextrorotatory?
Dextrorotatory is an adjective.

Words near dextrorotatory in the dictionary

  1. dextropropoxyphene
  2. dextrorotary
  3. dextrorotatary
  4. dextrorotation
  5. dextrorotations
  6. dextrorotatory
  7. dextrorphan
  8. dextrorphanol
  9. dextrorsal
  10. dextrorse
  11. dextrorsely

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dextrorotatory (page history and authors); dextrorotatory (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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