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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A turning to the right. Used especially of the plane of polarization of light.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In optics, rotation (specifically of the plane of polarization of light) in a clockwise direction: opposed to *levorotation.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun rotation to the right
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