optical activity

noun

: ability of a chemical substance to rotate the plane of vibration of polarized light to the right or left

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for optical activity

• associativity
• interconnectivity
• intersubjectivity
• photoconductivity
• radioactivity
• superconductivity
• absorptivity
• affectivity
• collectivity
• conductivity
• connectivity
• corrosivity

Medical Definition

optical activity

noun

: ability of a chemical substance to rotate the plane of vibration of polarized light to the right or left