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English
Etymology
From muta- + rotation.
Noun
mutarotation (countable and uncountable, plural mutarotations)
- (organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry) A dynamic change in the rotation of polarized light as it passes through a fresh solution of some sugars as an equilibrium mixture of anomers is formed
Translations
a dynamic change in the rotation of polarized light