Synonyms for levorotatory
- adjective
- American English
Most common
left-handed levorotary levo US levogyre US levogyrate US sinistrorotatory sinistrogyre
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Left-handed
Other
counter-clockwise US, anticlockwise UK IE, levo US, laevo UK, levogyre US, laevogyre UK, levogyrate US, laevogyrate UK, sinistrorotatory, sinistrogyre
Definitions
- adj. 1
(of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counter-clockwise. Notation: (−) or formerly lowercase l-.
Levofloxacin is the levorotatory enantiomer of the medication ofloxacin.
Related words
- Other spellings
- laevorotatory UK lævorotatory
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| levorotatory | falling | |
| levorotary | steady | |
| levo | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- levo
- 5 letters
- laevo2
- 8 letters
- levogyre
- 9 letters
- laevogyre
- 10 letters
- levorotary, levogyrate
- 11 letters
- laevogyrate
- 12 letters
- sinistrogyre
- 13 letters
- anticlockwise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (laevo2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- lævogyre