racemization
noun
ra·ce·mi·za·tion
rā-ˌsē-mə-ˈzā-shən 
rə-;
ˌra-sə-mə-
: the action or process of changing from an optically active compound into a racemic compound or mixture
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Even amino acid racemization, scorned for the last 15 years, is making a comeback, thanks to the discovery that the technique, unreliable when applied to porous bone, is quite accurate when used on hard ostrich eggshells.
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James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
In the 1970s a flush of excitement over a technique called amino acid racemization led many workers to believe that another continent--North America--had been occupied by humans fully 70,000 years ago.
—James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
In the 1970s a flush of excitement over a technique called amino acid racemization led many workers to believe that another continent--North America--had been occupied by humans fully 70,000 years ago.
—James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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racemization
noun
ra·ce·mi·za·tion
variants
also British racemisation
: the action or process of changing from an optically active compound into a racemic compound or mixture
racemize
verb
also British racemise
racemized also British racemised; racemizing also British racemising
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