right-turningadj.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪtˌtəːnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈraɪt ˌtərnɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adv., turning adj.

Etymology: < right adv. + turning adj. With sense 1 compare earlier right-handed adj. 5b and also dextro-rotatory adj. at dextro- comb. form 1. With sense 2 compare right turn n. 1, right turn v.

1. Chemistry. Of an optically active substance: turning the plane of polarization clockwise; dextrorotatory. Also: characteristic of or relating to such a substance. Cf. right-handed adj. 5b.

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1868 10th Rep. Med. Officer Privy Council App. 283 The sugar which turns the plane of polarization to the right is called dextrose, or starch sugar... The reader may perhaps ask, what is the right-turning and what is the left-turning property?

1872 J. L. W. Thudichum & A. Dupré Treat. Orig. Wine viii. 246 A column of one and a half inch of right-turning cane-sugar solution has been required to neutralize the polarization of a solution of 1 percent.

1907 H. A. Michael & N. H. Dole Stud. in Plant & Org. Chem. 338 Artificially, the right-turning arabinose may be made from glucose by a building-down process, discovered by Wohl.

1977 Nucl. Instruments & Methods 14 94/2 They exist in three isomeric forms due to the asymmetric carbon atom in the second place: the left-turning 1-2,3-butanediol.., the right-turning d-2,3-butanediol.., and the meso form.

2007 R. Splinter & B. A. Hooper Introd. Biomed. Optics xii. 379 Normal collagen is in a crystalline form with right-turning properties, while the heat-treated collagen becomes a gelatinous substance that has lost most of its birefringence.

2. That turns to the right; (also) tending habitually or designed to turn right.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [adjective] > turning in specific way

left-turning1928

right-turning1960

1912 Automobile 268/2 It seems only logical that left-side steering is correct for right turning countries like America.

1960 Guardian 24 June 20/4 Much of the present congestion in the area is due to right-turning traffic.

1973 C. Jencks Mod. Movements in Archit. viii. 338 He came to the unlikely conclusion that the ideal-type street pattern should be in parallel rows of right-turning, one-way streets.

2000 V. Bertram Pract. Ship Hydrodynamics v. 198 For a right-turning propeller, the rudder nose should be on the port side above the propeller axis, on the starboard side below it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	right-turning
释义	right-turningadj. Brit. /ˈrʌɪtˌtəːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈraɪt ˌtərnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adv., turning adj. Etymology: < right adv. + turning adj. With sense 1 compare earlier right-handed adj. 5b and also dextro-rotatory adj. at dextro- comb. form 1. With sense 2 compare right turn n. 1, right turn v. 1. Chemistry. Of an optically active substance: turning the plane of polarization clockwise; dextrorotatory. Also: characteristic of or relating to such a substance. Cf. right-handed adj. 5b. ΚΠ 1868 10th Rep. Med. Officer Privy Council App. 283 The sugar which turns the plane of polarization to the right is called dextrose, or starch sugar... The reader may perhaps ask, what is the right-turning and what is the left-turning property? 1872 J. L. W. Thudichum & A. Dupré Treat. Orig. Wine viii. 246 A column of one and a half inch of right-turning cane-sugar solution has been required to neutralize the polarization of a solution of 1 percent. 1907 H. A. Michael & N. H. Dole Stud. in Plant & Org. Chem. 338 Artificially, the right-turning arabinose may be made from glucose by a building-down process, discovered by Wohl. 1977 Nucl. Instruments & Methods 14 94/2 They exist in three isomeric forms due to the asymmetric carbon atom in the second place: the left-turning 1-2,3-butanediol.., the right-turning d-2,3-butanediol.., and the meso form. 2007 R. Splinter & B. A. Hooper Introd. Biomed. Optics xii. 379 Normal collagen is in a crystalline form with right-turning properties, while the heat-treated collagen becomes a gelatinous substance that has lost most of its birefringence. 2. That turns to the right; (also) tending habitually or designed to turn right. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [adjective] > turning in specific way left-turning1928 right-turning1960 1912 Automobile 268/2 It seems only logical that left-side steering is correct for right turning countries like America. 1960 Guardian 24 June 20/4 Much of the present congestion in the area is due to right-turning traffic. 1973 C. Jencks Mod. Movements in Archit. viii. 338 He came to the unlikely conclusion that the ideal-type street pattern should be in parallel rows of right-turning, one-way streets. 2000 V. Bertram Pract. Ship Hydrodynamics v. 198 For a right-turning propeller, the rudder nose should be on the port side above the propeller axis, on the starboard side below it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1868
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