specific rotation

specific rotation definition - medical

specific rotation

noun Symbol α
The arc of rotation, expressed in angular degrees, through which the plane of polarized light moves when it is in a light path one decimeter in length passing through a solution containing one gram of a compound per one milliliter water.

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