English Explanatory Dictionary

mutarotation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A dynamic change in the rotation of polarized light as it passes through a fresh solution of some sugars as an equilibrium mixture of anomers is formed

Word forms

mutarotation mutarotations

Etymology

From muta- + rotation.

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