Levorotation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Levorotation \Le`vo*ro*ta"tion\, n. [Written also
     {l[ae]vorotation}.] [Levo- + rotation.] (Physics & Chem.)
     Rotation in the direction of an outgoing right-handed screw;
     counter-clockwise rotation; -- applied chiefly to the turning
     of the plane of polarization of light.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  levorotation
       n : rotation to the left [syn: {counterclockwise rotation}]
           [ant: {dextrorotation}]