Explore Levorotatory through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like levorotary or counterclockwise. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Levorotatory in a sentence
Levorotatory meaning
(of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counter-clockwise. Notation: (−) or formerly lowercase l-.
Synonyms of Levorotatory
Using Levorotatory
- The main meaning on this page is: (of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counter-clockwise. Notation: (−) or formerly lowercase l-.
- Useful related words include: levorotary, left-handed, counterclockwise, anticlockwise.
Context around Levorotatory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Levorotatory
- In this selection, "levorotatory" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rotates stand out and add context to how "levorotatory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include d and levorotatory l isomers and glyceraldehyde is levorotatory rotates it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "levorotatory" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with levorotatory
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Racemic adrenaline is a 1:1 mixture of the dextrorotatory ( D ) and levorotatory ( L ) isomers of adrenaline. citation The L -form is the active component. (25 words)
The two stereoisomers are identified with the prefixes D - and L -, according to the sense of rotation: D -glyceraldehyde is dextrorotatory (rotates the polarization axis clockwise), while L -glyceraldehyde is levorotatory (rotates it counterclockwise). (34 words)
The two stereoisomers are identified with the prefixes D - and L -, according to the sense of rotation: D -glyceraldehyde is dextrorotatory (rotates the polarization axis clockwise), while L -glyceraldehyde is levorotatory (rotates it counterclockwise). (34 words)
Racemic adrenaline is a 1:1 mixture of the dextrorotatory ( D ) and levorotatory ( L ) isomers of adrenaline. citation The L -form is the active component. (25 words)
Example sentences (2)
Racemic adrenaline is a 1:1 mixture of the dextrorotatory ( D ) and levorotatory ( L ) isomers of adrenaline. citation The L -form is the active component.
The two stereoisomers are identified with the prefixes D - and L -, according to the sense of rotation: D -glyceraldehyde is dextrorotatory (rotates the polarization axis clockwise), while L -glyceraldehyde is levorotatory (rotates it counterclockwise).