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racemic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From French racémique, from Latin racēmus (“cluster or bunch of grapes”) + -ique or from raceme + -ic. The name came from racemic acid, which was isolated from grapes.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (−) stereoisomers and therefore not optically active.

Antonyms

enantiopure · scalemic

Deriveds

racemically · pseudoracemic · nonracemic · racemate

Translations (9)

it racemico (containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers) · pt racémico (containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers) · nl racemisch (containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers) · fr racémique (containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers) · fi raseeminen (containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers) · ca racèmic (containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers) · ro racemic (containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers) · de razemisch (containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers) · es racémico (containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers)