Dextrorotatory (Adjective)
Meaning
Rotating to the right.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The dextrorotatory motion of the spiral staircase was aesthetically pleasing to viewers from below.
- Sugar molecules in a solution display dextrorotatory properties under a polarized light source.
- This quartz crystal exhibited a dextrorotatory optical rotation due to its internal structural arrangement.
- Chiral organic compounds like lysergic acid display dextrorotatory optical activity.
- Lithium niobate crystals with specific cuts are dextrorotatory in some regions depending on the viewing axis.