mutarotation

English

Etymology

From muta- +‎ rotation.

Noun

mutarotation (countable and uncountable, plural mutarotations)

  1. (organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry) 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

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