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Noun Concept

Categories: Polarization (waves), Stereochemistry

optical rotation circular birefringence D/L nomenclature Dextro Dextro-

Optical rotation, also known as polarization rotation or circular birefringence, is the rotation of the orientation of the plane of polarization about the optical axis of linearly polarized light as it travels through certain materials. Wikipedia

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Rotation acting on polarized light Wikipedia Disambiguation

Concept in enantioselective synthesis Wikidata

The rotation of the plane of polarization of plane polarized light as it passes through a chiral medium. Wiktionary

Rotation of the plane of polarization. Wiktionary (translation)

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polarization

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specific rotation

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optical rotation

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optical rotation

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optical rotation

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D/L nomenclature, Dextro, Dextro-, Dextro isomer, Dextrogyre, Dextroisomer, dextrorotary, Dextrorotation and levorotation, dextrorotatory, Dextrorotatory enantiomer, Dextrorotatory enantiomers, Dextrorotatory isomer, Dextrorotatory isomers, Dextrorotatory stereoisomer, Dextrorotatory stereoisomers, DL nomenclature, Laevo-, laevorotary, laevorotation, laevorotatory, Levo, Levo-, levo isomer, levorotary, Levorotation and dextrorotation, levorotatory, levorotatory enantiomer, Levorotatory enantiomers, Levorotatory isomer, Levorotatory isomers, Levorotatory stereoisomer, Levorotatory stereoisomers, natural optical activity, optical activity, Optical Rotation, optically active, Optically active compound, Rotary polarization

Wikidata Alias

circular birefringence, optical activity, polarization rotation