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dextrorotatory
  راست‌چرخ   
râstcarx

Fr.: dextrogyre   

Relating to an → optically active substance that causes → dextrorotation.

Adj. related to → dextrorotation.

field rotator
  چرخاننده‌ی ِ میدان   
carxânande-ye meydân

Fr.: rotateur de champ   

A device used on a telescope to correct for the → field rotation while tracking an object.

→ field; → rotator.

levorotatory
  چپ‌چرخ   
capcarx

Fr.: lévogyre   

Relating to an → optically active substance that brings about → levorotation.

Adj. related to → levorotation.

oblique rotator model
  مدل ِ چرخنده ِ یکور   
model-e carxande-ye yekvar

Fr.: modèle de rotateur oblique   

A stellar model in which the rotation axis is tilted relative to the magnetic dipole axis. As the star rotates, observable quantities (e.g. the line-of-sight component of the magnetic field, stellar brightness, emission lines) are modulated according to the rotational period. Such a model was first put forward by D. Stibbs (1950, MNRAS, 110, 395).

→ oblique; → rotator; → model.

rotator
  چرخنده، چرخاننده   
carxandé (#), carxânandé (#)

Fr.: rotateur   

A device that rotates or causes rotation.

Agent noun from → rotate.