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optical rotatory dispersion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
op-ti-cal ro-ta-to-ry dis-per-sion
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
8
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the variation in the optical rotation of a substance with the wavelength of light

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

optical rotatory dispersions (plural)

Questions

What does optical rotatory dispersion mean?
the variation in the optical rotation of a substance with the wavelength of light

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