\rā-▐sē-mik\ adj (1892) Of, relating to, or constituting a compound or mixture that is composed of equal amounts of dextrorotatory (D-) and levorotatory (L-) forms of the same compound and is not optically active (Morrison RT, Boyd RN (1992) Organic chemistry, 6th edn. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ).
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Racemic. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_9713
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