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Bipyramidal
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Briarean
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Conservation of parity
noun · 78% connection
(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Coriolis effect
noun · 78% connection
(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Coriolis force
noun · 78% connection
(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Crystal
noun · 78% connection
The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Dextrin
noun · 78% connection
A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Dextrorotatory
adjective · 78% connection
Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Dextrose
noun · 78% connection
A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Enantiomorphous
adjective · 78% connection
Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral cr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Gyroidal
adjective · 78% connection
Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Gyroscope
noun · 78% connection
A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Hyperbola
noun · 78% connection
A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Left-hand
adjective · 78% connection
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Levo-
unknown · 78% connection
Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Levogyrate
adjective · 78% connection
Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Levulose
noun · 78% connection
A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.
Mirror symmetry
noun · 78% connection
(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, rotating, plane, polarization, left.