Polarity - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: polarity Page: 3Levulose
A sirupy variety of sugar rarely obtained crystallized occurring widely in honey ripe fruits etc and hence called also fruit sugar also called fructose Chemical formula C6H12O6 It is called levulose because it rotates the plane of polarization of light to the left in contrast to dextrose the other product of the hydrolysis of sucrose...
VerbarLimaccedilon
A curve of the fourth degree invented by Pascal Its polar equation is r a cos theta b...
lipophilic
having an affinity for lipids of chemical substances or parts of molecules Contrasted to lipophobic or polar...
lipophobic
Not soluble in lipids or in non polar solvents of chemical substances or parts of molecules as the lipophobic end of a detergent is solvated in water Contrasted to lipophilic or nonpolar...
Maltose
A crystalline disaccharide C12H22O11 formed from starch by the action of diastase of malt and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice called also maltobiose and malt sugar Chemically it is 4 O alpha D glucopyranosyl D glucose It rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right than does dextrose and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power...
north polar
Of or pertaining to the North Pole at or near the north pole characteristic of the north pole...
Levorotation
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...
optical activity
the ability of a chemical compound to rotate the plane of plane polarized light This is found only in chemicals whose molecular structure does not have a plane of symmetry and is common in biochemical compounds...
Periscians
Those who live within a polar circle whose shadows during some summer days will move entirely round falling toward every point of the compass...
Photochronograph
An instrument for recording minute intervals of time The record is made by the power of a magnetic field due to an electric signaling current to turn the plane of polarization of light A flash coinciding in time and duration with the signal is thus produced and is photographed on a moving plate...
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