levogyrate
English
Alternative forms
- laevogyrate
Etymology
levo- + gyrate
Adjective
levogyrate (not comparable)
- (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)