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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dextrorotatory \Dex`tro*ro"ta*to*ry\, a. [Dextro- + rotatory.]
(Chem. & Opt.)
Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp.,
turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the
right hand; as dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc Cf
{Levorotatory}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dextrorotatory
adj : rotating to the right [syn: {dextrorotary}, {right-handed}]
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