racemic

English

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.

Adjective

racemic (comparative more racemic, superlative most racemic)

(chemistry) containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (D) and levorotatory (L) stereoisomers and therefore not being optically active; typically, will be synthetic rather than natural

Antonyms

Translations

containing equal amounts of D- and L-stereoisomers

Dutch: racemisch (nl)
Finnish: raseeminen

Italian: racemico
Spanish: racémico

Anagrams

ceramic

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