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Meaning of "dextrorotatory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEXTROROTATORY

dextrorotatory  [ˌdɛkstrəʊˈrəʊtətərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEXTROROTATORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dextrorotatory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DEXTROROTATORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dextrorotation and levorotation

Dextrorotation and levorotation refer to the properties of rotating plane polarized light. If the light rotates clockwise as it approaches an observer, this is known as dextrorotation, light with a rotation to the right. If the light rotates counterclockwise as it approaches the observer, then the light exhibits levorotation, rotation to the left. A compound with dextrorotation is called dextrorotatory or dextrorotary, while a compound with levorotation is called levorotatory or levorotary. Compounds with these properties are said to have optical activity and consist of chiral molecules. If a chiral molecule is dextrorotary, its enantiomer will be levorotary, and vice-versa. In fact, the enantiomers will rotate plane polarized light the same number of degrees, but in opposite directions. Apart from direct measurement of the optical rotation of an actual sample, it is only possible to determine whether a given chiral molecule will be levorotatory or dextrorotatory, directly from its absolute configuration, via detailed computer modeling. That is to say, both "R" and "S" stereocenters have the ability to be dextrorotatory or levorotatory.

Definition of dextrorotatory in the English dictionary

The definition of dextrorotatory in the dictionary is having dextrorotation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEXTROROTATORY


auscultatory
ɔːˈskʌltətərɪ
cementatory
sɪˈmɛntətərɪ
circumnutatory
ˌsɜːkəmˈnjuːtətərɪ
citatory
ˈsaɪtətərɪ
compotatory
kəmˈpɒtətərɪ
consultatory
kənˈsʌltətərɪ
degustatory
dɪˈɡʌstətərɪ
dehortatory
dɪˈhɔːtətərɪ
excitatory
ɪkˈsaɪtətərɪ
exhortatory
ɪɡˈzɔːtətərɪ
gustatory
ˈɡʌstətərɪ
hortatory
ˈhɔːtətərɪ
invitatory
ɪnˈvaɪtətərɪ
laevorotatory
ˌliːvəʊˈrəʊtətərɪ
mutatory
ˈmjuːtətərɪ
potatory
ˈpəʊtətərɪ
rotatory
ˈrəʊtətərɪ
saltatory
ˈsæltətərɪ
salutatory
səˈluːtətərɪ
sternutatory
stɜːˈnjuːtətərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEXTROROTATORY

dextran
dextranase
dextrin
dextrine
dextro
dextroamphetamine
dextrocardia
dextrocardiac
dextroglucose
dextrogyrate
dextrogyre
dextrorotary
dextrorotation
dextrorsal
dextrorse
dextrorsely
dextrose
dextrous
dextrously
dextrousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEXTROROTATORY

ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
circulatory
conservatory
defamatory
derogatory
directory
discriminatory
explanatory
exploratory
inflammatory
laboratory
mandatory
obligatory
observatory
oscillatory
participatory
predatory
preparatory
regulatory
respiratory

Synonyms and antonyms of dextrorotatory in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dextrorotatory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEXTROROTATORY

Find out the translation of dextrorotatory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dextrorotatory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dextrorotatory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

右旋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dextrógiro
570 millions of speakers

English

dextrorotatory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dextrorotatory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميمن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

правовращающим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dextrógiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dextrorotatory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dextrogyre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dextrorotatory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rechtsdreh
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

右旋性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우회전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dextrorotatory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dextrorotatory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டெக்ஸ்ட்ரோரொடேடரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डेक्सटीराटेटरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sağa çeviren
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

destrogiro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawoskrętny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

правовращающим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dextrogir
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεξιόστροφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dekstroroterend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

högervridande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dextrorotatory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dextrorotatory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEXTROROTATORY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEXTROROTATORY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dextrorotatory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEXTROROTATORY»

Discover the use of dextrorotatory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dextrorotatory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Essentials of Organic Chemistry: For Students of Pharmacy, ...
However, the racemate is itself a 50 : 50 mixture of the two enantiomers, so the solution actually contains 25% dextrorotatory and 25 + 50% : 75% laevorotatory enantiomers. Now let us consider when measurements indicate [M1230 — 9.20.
Paul M. Dewick, 2013
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Principles of Biochemistry and Biophysics
The name 'invert sugar' is given to this mixture because the levorotatory fructose, thus produced, changes (or inverts) the previous dextrorotatory action of the sucrose. In fact, sucrose (which is dextrorotatory with a specific rotation, [odzon of  ...
Dr. B.S. Chauhan, 2008
3
Cracking the MCAT with CD-ROM
For one chiral molecule, the R-enantiomer might be dextrorotatory and the S- enantiomer levorotatory. For another chiral' molecule, the S-enantiomer might be dextrorotatory, and the R-enantiomer levorotatory. Do not equate R and S absolute ...
James L. Flowers, Princeton Review, Theodore Silver, 2004
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Chemistry: A Project of the American Chemical Society
A Project of the American Chemical Society Jerry A. Bell, American Chemical Society. of the optically active compound that are in the polarized light beam. The rotation can be either clockwise (right; dextrorotatory) or counterclockwise (left; ...
Jerry A. Bell, American Chemical Society, 2005
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Course In Chemistry Iit Jee 2011
(a) The symbol D indicates the dextrorotatory nature of the compound (b) The sign (+) indicates the dextrorotatory nature of the compound (c) The symbol D indicates that hydrogen atom lies left to the chiral centre in the Fischer projection  ...
Tmh, 2010
6
The American Perfumer and Essential Oil Review
The principal point on which recent investigations have shown the necessity for a revision of previous views, is of the optical rotation of the oil, which has always been stated to be dextrorotatory. It is interesting in this respect to quote from a ...
7
Smith and Williams' Introduction to the Principles of Drug ...
For example the S- and /^-enantiomers of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine, as the hydrochloride salt, are dextrorotatory and levorotatory, respectively, when the determination is carried out in methanol but reversed using ...
H. John Smith, Hywel Williams, 2005
8
Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry
If it rotates the plane clockwise, we say it is dextrorotatory; if it rotates the plane counterclockwise, we say it is levorotatory. Each member of a pair of enantiomers rotates the plane of polarized light by the same number of degrees, but in ...
Frederick Bettelheim, William Brown, Mary Campbell, 2012
9
Elements of Chemistry: Chemistry of carbon compounds
The allied conifer, Juniperus Sabina, yields a dextrorotatory terpene (Hanbury and Fliickiger). Terpen es from ArBANTiACE.E. — Oil of orange-peel, which is extracted from the rind of the scarcely ripe fruit of the Sweet or Portugal Orange, ...
William Allen Miller, 1880
10
The World of Chemistry: Essentials: Essentials
Natural amino acids are L-amino acids and natural sugars are D-sugars because of their structural relationship to the glyceraldehyde enantiomers, but it is not true that all D-sugars are dextrorotatory, nor are all L-amino acids levorotatory.
Melvin D. Joesten, John L. Hogg, Mary E. Castellion, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEXTROROTATORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dextrorotatory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scientists explain the existence of intrinsic chirality in ordinary …
These are levorotatory and dextrorotatory quantum dots with left and right chiral defects. Credit: Courtesy of ITMO University. Ever since the ... «News-Medical.net, Jun 15»
2
Nanoparticles naturally present left- and right-handed versions
Another potential application has to do with the ability of chiral quantum dots to emit levorotatory and dextrorotatory polarized light, which ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
3
The origins of handedness in life
However nine of our nineteen L-amino acids are actually dextrorotatory with a lowercase d (rotate polarized light to the right), when measured ... «Phys.Org, Oct 14»
4
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc …
One enantiomer is termed the dextrorotatory or (S)-enantiomer, while the other is termed the levorotatory or (R)-enantiomer. In the case of the ... «Patent Docs, Sep 13»
5
Molecular mirror images assigned: Safer drugs thanks to a new …
The phenomenon of molecules with handedness is well known in yogurt: the bacterial cultures produce levo- or dextrorotatory lactic acid; ... «Phys.Org, Sep 13»
6
Auris Medical Gets $51M for Hearing Disorder Drugs
The company will consult further with regulators before finalizing plans for AM-111, a dextrorotatory peptide that blocks c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling, ... «BioWorld Online, Apr 13»
7
Psychiatry: What is it?
One other reason is that all reductionist chemicals are dextrorotatory but body molecules are laevorotatory—a square plug in a round hole! «Moneylife, Sep 12»
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Bittersweet Poetry : Poems of the week by Alastair Wallace ,Lee …
God wanted man to be Dextrorotatory so he Drew us close through the lamb that had nails Driven into the form he was Draped in. Through the ... «Lusaka Times, Sep 12»
9
Keventer and Carso Group to set up a commercial lab
Another Rs 120 crore will be spent for setting up a processing unit for starch, glucose and dextrose (dextrorotatory form of glucose). «fnbnews.com, Feb 11»
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When It Comes to Patent Term Extensions, An Enantiomer is a …
... rotate plane-polarized light clockwise (dextrorotatory) or counter-clockwise (levorotatory). Although enantiomers and their racemates have ... «Patent Baristas, May 10»

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