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Meaning of optical activity

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

optical activity

noun

Definitions

  1. A property caused by asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that enables a compound or crystal to rotate the plane of incident polarized light

  2. A measure of the amount of optical rotation produced by a standard amount of a substance

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/optical%20activity

Related words

optical rotationpolarizanceoptical rotatory dispersionraman optical activityspinopticspolarizationplane polarized lightphotonic crystal