Levogyre can refer to:
*In chemistry and physics, a synonym of
levorotation
Optical rotation, also known as polarization rotation or circular birefringence, is the rotation of the orientation of the plane of polarization about the optical axis of linearly polarized light as it travels through certain materials. Circul ...
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*In astronomy, the ''Levogyre'' is the long since discredited structure of the Universe proposed by ancient Greek astronomer
Eudoxus of Cnidus
Eudoxus of Cnidus (; , ''Eúdoxos ho Knídios''; ) was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek Ancient Greek astronomy, astronomer, Greek mathematics, mathematician, doctor, and lawmaker. He was a student of Archytas and Plato. All of his original work ...
: A series of nested crystalline spheres which contains fixed stars and moving planets which rotate around an immovable Earth with each sphere connected a randomly distributed series by gimbal-like axes.
*In art, ''The Levogyre'' is a 1974 painting by
Paul Laffoley
Paul Laffoley (August 14, 1935 – November 16, 2015) was an American visionary artist and architect based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Early Life
Paul Laffoley was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to an Irish Catholic family on August 14, 193 ...
depicting a series of nested shells connected by gimbals.
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