Meanings
nounCotton effect (plural Cotton effects)
plural Cotton effects
- physicalchemistryThe characteristic change in optical rotatory dispersion and/or circular dichroism in the vicinity of an absorption band of a substance.
Origin
Named after Aimé Cotton.
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