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

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

Dextrorotary :: Dextrorotary (a.) See Dextrotatory.

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

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

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 (n.) A rotifer.

Revoluble :: Revoluble (a.) Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving.

Rotary :: Rotary (a.) Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion..

Wheel :: Wheel (v. t.) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Circumrotatory :: Circumrotatory (a.) turning, rolling, or whirling round..

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

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

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

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