Fischer Projection Formula Definition
noun
A two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional molecular structure, specifically to show spatial orientation around one or more chiral atoms, in which vertical lines indicate bonds that extend behind the plane and horizontal lines indicate bonds projecting out of the plane toward the viewer.
American Heritage
Origin of Fischer Projection Formula
After Emil Hermann Fischer who devised such representations
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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