optical rotation

English

Noun

optical rotation (plural optical rotations)

(physics) The rotation of the plane of polarization of plane polarized light as it passes through a chiral medium

Related terms

optical activity

Translations

rotation of the plane of polarization

Hungarian: optikai forgatás

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