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Meaning of dextrorse | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Growing in a pattern that spirals clockwise around a central support; turning to the right when growing taller.
    not-comparable
  2. Having a negative torsion.
    not-comparable

Examples

“They are arranged in distinct dextrorse spirals, and are about one length apart.”
“Here it is important to note whether theoverlapping is from right to left, Dextrorse (Fig. 125), or the reverse, Sinsitrorse (Fig. 124).”
“At completion the suture line follows a dextrorse spiral in the capsule wall of nearly one revolution from base to tipe (Fig. 10).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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