external compensation [obsolete]

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The absence of optical activity in a racemate. (Usage strongly discouraged).
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. 'Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2208 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122193)