Meaning Of The Word Optical activity

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optical activity in British English
the ability of certain substances to rotate the plane of polarization when transmitting polarized light
noun: the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light
noun: the ability of substances that are optical isomers to rotate the plane of polarization of a transmitted beam of plane-polarized light

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