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Definition of Cotton effect
1. Proper noun. (chemistry),(physics) The characteristic change in optical rotatory dispersion and/or circular dichroism in the vicinity of an absorption band of a substance ¹
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Medical Definition of Cotton effect
1. The positive and negative displacement from zero of the rotation of plane polarised monochromatic light and the change of monochromatic circularly polarised light into elliptically polarised light in the immediate vicinity of the absorption band of the substance through which the light passes. See: optical rotatory dispersion, circular dichroism. (05 Mar 2000)
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