1.
[syn: levorotation, counterclockwise rotation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Levorotation \Le`vo*ro*ta"tion\, n. [Written also
l[ae]vorotation.] [Levo- + rotation.] (Physics & Chem.)
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
levorotation
n 1: rotation to the left [syn: levorotation,
counterclockwise rotation] [ant: clockwise rotation,
dextrorotation]