Synonyms for "levorotatory" (22 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Adjective(2 words)

anticlockwisel

counterclockwiseleftleft handed

Strong matches (6)

left winglevogyre

Adjective(1 words)

left-handed

Adjective(3 words)

levlevolevogyrate

Related words (11)

Adjective(3 words)

levogyresinistrogyresinistrorotatory

Adjective(1 words)

levorotary

liberalnearnighportradicalsinistersinistral

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

dextrorotatory

Synonyms

1 entries

levogyre

Related terms

2 entries

levorotationsinistrorse

derived from

2 entries

atoryrotatory

has context

1 entries

chemistry

related to

6 entries

anticlockwiseleftlevorotationplanepolarized lightrotate

similar

4 entries

anticlockwisecontraclockwisecounterclockwise

Translations

7 translations across 6 languages.

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French

1 entries

• lévogyre adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left)

German

1 entries

• linksdrehend adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left)

Greek

1 entries

• αριστερόστροφος adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left)

Italian

2 entries

• levogiro adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left)
• sinistrorso adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left)

Portuguese

1 entries

• levógiro adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left)

Spanish

1 entries

• levógiro adj (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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Levofloxacin is the levorotatory enantiomer of the medication ofloxacin.

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