Synonyms for "dextrorotatory" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

clockwise

Adjective(1 words)

d

Strong matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)

dexdextrodextrogyrate

Related words (5)

dextrogyreright handed

Adjective(1 words)

dextrogyre

Adjective(2 words)

dextrorotaryright-handed

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

levorotatory

Synonyms

1 entries

dextrogyre

Related terms

2 entries

dextrorotationdextrorse

derived from

2 entries

atoryrotatory

has context

1 entries

chemistry

related to

6 entries

clockwisedextrorotationplanepolarized lightrightrotate

similar

2 entries

clockwise

Translations

8 translations across 8 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• dextrorotatori adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right)

Finnish

1 entries

• dekstrorotatorinen adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right)

French

1 entries

• dextrogyre adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right)

German

1 entries

• rechtsdrehend adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right)

Greek

1 entries

• δεξιόστροφος adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right)

Italian

1 entries

• destrogiro adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right)

Portuguese

1 entries

• dextrógiro adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right)

Russian

1 entries

• правовращающий adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Dexibuprofen is the active dextrorotatory enantiomer of ibuprofen.

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