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the ability of certain substances to rotate the plane of polarization when transmitting polarized light
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optical activity

noun

Chemistry
A property caused by asymmetric molecular structure that enables a substance to rotate the plane of incident polarized light.

Related Forms:

  • optically active

    adjective

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Noun

(plural optical activities)

  1. (physics) a property caused by asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that enables a compound or crystal to rotate the plane of incident polarized light
  2. (chemistry) A measure of the amount of optical rotation produced by a standard amount of a substance
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