What does dextrorotatory mean?

dextrorotatory means "rotating to the right".

How many syllables are in dextrorotatory?

dextrorotatory has 6 syllables and divides as dex-tro-ro-ta-to-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for dextrorotatory?

Close synonyms include dextrorotary, right-handed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dextrorotatory a common word?

dextrorotatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Dextrorotatory — meaning and 2 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
rotating to the right
Synonymsdextrorotary right-handed
Similarclockwise

Questions about dextrorotatory

What does dextrorotatory mean?: dextrorotatory means "rotating to the right".
How many syllables are in dextrorotatory?: dextrorotatory has 6 syllables and divides as dex-tro-ro-ta-to-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.
What is another word for dextrorotatory?

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