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DEXTROROTATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dextrorotation mean?
• DEXTROROTATION (noun)
The noun DEXTROROTATION has 1 sense:
1. rotation to the right
Familiarity information: DEXTROROTATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rotation to the right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
clockwise rotation; dextrorotation
Hypernyms ("dextrorotation" is a kind of...):
gyration; revolution; rotation (a single complete turn (axial or orbital))
Antonym:
levorotation (rotation to the left)
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