Usually means: Rotates plane of polarized light.
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  1. optically active: Merriam-Webster
  2. optically active: Wordnik
  3. optically active: Wiktionary
  4. optically active: Dictionary.com
  5. Optically active: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. optically active: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Optically active: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Optically active: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. optically active: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. General Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Optically active: Medical dictionary

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adjective:  (chemistry, of a crystal or compound) Exhibiting optical activity.

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