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optical isomerism

op·ti·cal i·som·er·ism


noun 
Definition:
 
molecular property: the property exhibited by a pair of molecules that differ only in being mirror images of each other and rotate plane-polarized light in opposite directions when in solution


op·ti·cal i·so·mer noun
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