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optical activity

noun

Definitions

  1. a property caused by asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that enables a compound…

    a property caused by asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that enables a compound or crystal to rotate the plane of incident polarized light

  2. A measure of the amount of optical rotation produced by a standard amount of a substance

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for optical activity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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