Usually means: Rotates plane-polarized light rightward.
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  1. dextrorotary: Collins English Dictionary
  2. dextrorotary: Vocabulary.com
  3. dextrorotary: Wordnik
  4. dextrorotary: Wiktionary
  5. Dextrorotary, dextrorotary: Dictionary.com
  6. Dextrorotary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Dextrorotary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. dextrorotary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. dextrorotary: Rhymezone
  10. Dextrorotary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. dextrorotary: FreeDictionary.org
  12. dextrorotary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Dextrorotary: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dextrorotary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. dextrorotary: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. General Glossary (No longer online)
  4. dextrorotary: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  dextrorotatory

Similar:
dextrorotatory, clockwise, right-handed, dextrotatory, dextrogyrate, dextrogyrous, postrotatory, contrarotating, unidextrous, antirotating, more...

Opposite:
levorotary, sinistral

Types:
dextrose, glucose, fructose, galactose, maltose, lactose, sucrose, xylose, more...

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Similar:
dextrorotatory, clockwise, right-handed, dextrotatory, dextrogyrate, dextrogyrous, postrotatory, contrarotating, unidextrous, antirotating, more...

Opposite:
levorotary, sinistral

Types:
dextrose, glucose, fructose, galactose, maltose, lactose, sucrose, xylose, more...



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