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Dextro-   Listen
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Dextro-  pref.  A prefix, from L. dexter, meaning, pertaining to, or toward, the right; (Chem. & Opt.) Having the property of turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid.





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"Dextro-" Quotes from Famous Books



... Lavandula spica, obtained from France and Spain, and extensively employed in perfuming household and cheap toilet soaps; also frequently found as an adulterant in lavender oil. Specific gravity at 15 deg. C., 0.904-0.913; optical rotation, French, dextro-rotatory up to 4 deg., rarely up to 7 deg., Spanish, frequently slightly laevo-rotatory to -2 deg., or dextro-rotatory up to 7 deg.; esters, calculated as linalyl acetate, 2 to 6 per cent.; most oils are soluble in 65 per cent. alcohol 1 ...
— The Handbook of Soap Manufacture • W. H. Simmons


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