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Adjective: levorotary  ,lee-vow'row-tu-ree
Usage: US (elsewhere: laevorotatary)
  1. (Chemistry) rotating polarized light to the left
    - levorotatory [N. Amer], left-handed, laevorotatory [Brit, Cdn]

See also: anticlockwise [Brit], contraclockwise [non-standard], counterclockwise [N. Amer]

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