optical activity
Noun
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Noun
optical activity
- (physics) a property caused by asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that enables a compound or crystal to rotate the plane of incident polarized light
- (chemistry) A measure of the amount of optical rotation produced by a standard amount of a substance
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