Dextrorotatory

Word DEXTROROTATORY
Character 14
Hyphenation dex tro ro ta to ry
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Dextrorotatory"

What do we mean by dextrorotatory?

Of or relating to an optically active substance that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. adjective

Same as dextrogyrate.

In botany, turning or twining to the right. See right-handed, 3.

Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; Cf. levorotatory. adjective

That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. adjective

Rotating to the right adjective

(of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise.

Dextro Being of many beans Urban Dictionary

A chemistry term used to describe the molecular structure of an optically active compound or crystal that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or in other words clockwise. Urban Dictionary

Tending to lean to the political right wing, or a person with such a political leaning. From the chemistry term. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dextrorotatory

The word "dextrorotatory" in example sentences

Fortunately, they have the “Fly over” population to keep things in a dextrorotatory lean. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Oil from the wild roots of North India is said to be highly levorotatory (rotates the plane of polarized light to the left), whereas that from the cultivated roots from South India is dextrorotatory (rotates polarized light to the right). ❋ Unknown (1993)

It was found chemically that cane sugar absorbs the elements of water and changes into a mixture of two different sugars, one being weakly dextrorotatory and the other strongly laevorotatory, hence the resultant is a rotation to the left. ❋ Unknown (1966)

The district court did not clearly err in finding that the statements in the '596 patent and its Canadian counterpart that the products therein consist of enantiomers are not a description of the specific dextrorotatory enantiomer clopidogrel or a suggestion of its unusual stereospecific properties. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The '265 patent discusses the unusual stereoselectivity of the biological properties as between the dextrorotatory and the levorotatory enantiomers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This appeal is focused on the question of patentability of this dextrorotatory isomer in view of its known racemate described in earlier Sanofi patents, specifically, Sanofi's ❋ Unknown (2009)

In this case the district court said the references 'general statements that these compounds consist of enantiomers didn't make an anticipating disclosure of the separated dextrorotatory enantiomer of PCR 4099. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Clopidogrel is the common name of the dextrorotatory isomer of the chemical compound named methyl alpha-5 (4,5,6,7-tetrahydro (3,2-c) thienopyridyl) (2-chlorophenyl) - acetate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Apotex argued that the recognition in the prior art that PCR 4099 is composed of enantiomers outweighs the effect of any unexpected or unpredictable properties of the separated dextrorotatory enantiomer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As if that were not enough to ensure the longevity of refreshingly ordinary words like clockwise, further along the avenues of science we come across the adjectives dextrorotatory or dextrorotatary, dextrogyrous, dextrogyrate and dextrogyre. ❋ Unknown (1983)

Believing that there was no advantage to separation of the enantiomers of thienopyridines, and no other racemates were separated until November 1985 when Sanofi then determined the biological properties of the enantiomers of PCR 4099, and found that they had the rare characteristic of "absolute stereoselectivity": the dextrorotatory enantiomer provided all of the favorable antiplatelet activity but with no significant neurotoxicity, while the levorotatory enantiomer produced no antiplatelet activity but virtually all of the neurotoxicity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(Hence dextrose ` the dextrorotatory isomer of glucose. ' ❋ Unknown (1983)

Doctor DJ Dectective [Dentist] Developer [Driller] DudeWrangler [Dumper] Dextrorotatory. ❋ Warofthetom (2019)

Dexibuprofen is the [active] [dextrorotatory] enantiomer of [ibuprofen] ❋ Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian (2019)

There's a dextrorotatory who's [putting] a [monkey wrench] into this [bill]! ❋ Pentozali (2010)

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