rotatory power
Physical Chemical
noun
The capacity of a substance to cause rotation of the plane of polarization when plane-polarized light is passed through it; specifically the angle displacement per unit distance travelled by the light through the substance; more fully optical rotatory power.
- specific rotatory power: see the first element..
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in The British Critic, quarterly theological review, and ecclesiastical record.
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