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Circumrotary :: Circumrotary (a.) Alt. of Circumrotator.

Irrotational :: Irrotational (a.) Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; -- said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.

Rotatory :: Rotatory (n.) A rotifer.

Laevorotatory :: Laevorotatory (a.) Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.

Peritropal :: Peritropal (a.) Rotatory; circuitous.

Levo- :: Levo- () Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory..

Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Turning as on an axis; rotary.

Dextrorotatory :: Dextrorotatory (a.) 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..

Peristrephic :: Peristrephic (a.) Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama)..

Lever :: Lever (n.) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it..

Dextrorotary :: Dextrorotary (a.) See Dextrotatory.

Gig :: Gig (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth..

Sinistrin :: Sinistrin (n.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory..

Rotator :: Rotator (n.) that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis..

Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization..

Rotator :: Rotator (n.) A revolving reverberatory furnace.

Racemic :: Racemic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids..

Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles..

Dextrogyrate :: Dextrogyrate (a.) Same as Dextrorotatory.

Levorotatory :: Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc..

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