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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The power of rotating the plane of polarization of light possessed by the so-called optically active substances and by the magnetic field.
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Such constants are similar to those for the starch-dextrose series, viz. opticity and cupric reduction.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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