Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Gyrating or circling to the right.
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Examples
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(C_22_H_28_NO_4_ + H_2_O) insoluble in ether, soluble in water; acetic acid and two amorphous substances dextrogyrous in ethereal solution, one of them a resin, _Echicauchina_ (C_25_H_40_O_2_), the other neutral, _Echiretin_ (C_35_H_56_O_2_); two crystallizable principles, dextrogyrous: _Echicerin_ (C_30_H_48_O_2_), _Echitein_
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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It is dextrogyrous and is precipitated by the neutral acetate of lead and by caustic baryta.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Other chemists, among them Baup, Flückiger and Hanbury, have found elemi to be composed of a resinous substance and a colorless essential oil; the proportion of the latter Flückiger gives as 10\% and further states that it is dextrogyrous.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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As if that were not enough to ensure the longevity of refreshingly ordinary words like clockwise, further along the avenues of science we come across the adjectives dextrorotatory or dextrorotatary, dextrogyrous, dextrogyrate and dextrogyre.
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a sweet material called _gossypose_, which is dextrogyrous and has the formula C_18_H_32_O_16_ + 5H_2_O.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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