Definition of "dextrorotary" []

• Dextrotatory (adjective)

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• "If proteins were to develop through natural processes, as in the theory of evolution, an equal number of amino acids would develop that make light rotate clockwise dextrorotary as those that make light rotate counterclockwise."
• "By actual isolation of a crystalline dextrorotary sugar, by preparations of osazone and conversion into saccharic acid, it was proved that dextrose was the main product of hydrolysis."