Adjective: levorotary ,lee-vow'row-tu-ree
Usage: US (elsewhere: laevorotatary)
Usage: US (elsewhere: laevorotatary)
- (Chemistry) rotating polarized light to the left
"The levorotary compound affected the polarization of light";
- levorotatory [N. Amer], left-handed, laevorotatory [Brit, Cdn]
See also: anticlockwise [Brit], contraclockwise [non-standard], counterclockwise [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Levorotary