levogyrate

English

Alternative forms

• laevogyrate

Etymology

From levo- +‎ gyrate.

Adjective

levogyrate (not comparable)

1. (physical chemistry, physics) Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as in levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “levogyrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)