Optical-rotation
noun, Physical Chemistry.
1.
the angle at which the plane of polarized light is rotated when passed through an optically active substance.
noun
1.
the angle through which plane-polarized light is rotated in its passage through a substance exhibiting optical activity
optical rotation n.
The change or rotation in the plane of polarization that occurs when polarized light is passed through an optically active substance.
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