levorotation
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le·vo·ro·ta·tion
(lē′və-rō-tā′shən)n.
A counterclockwise rotation, especially of the plane of polarized light.
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levorotation
rotation toward the left; counterclockwise rotation, a characteristic of the plane of polarization of light. — levorotatory, adj.
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| Noun | 1. | levorotation - rotation to the left gyration, revolution, rotation - a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" clockwise rotation, dextrorotation - rotation to the right |
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